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61 killed in twin suicide attacks as terrorists storm police training college in Quetta

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan was reeling on Tuesday from a major terrorist attack: an overnight assault on a police training college in the southwest that officials said had killed at least 61 people, most of them cadets.

The attack, carried out by three militants wielding guns and explosives, also wounded 120 people at the college near Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, a restive province.The militants struck late Monday and battled security forces for several hours before they were killed. Two detonated suicide vests, and the third was Funerals have been held for those who died in the overnight assault of a police training shot, said Mir Sarfraz Bugti, a provincial minister.The college in Quetta that left at least 61 people dead and 170 others wounded.

Amaq news agency, which acts as a news service for the Islamic State, posted a picture of three men holding Lashkar-e-Jhangvi behind police academy attack in Quetta, Pakistani general says phone guns and wearing ammunition Continued on Pg 4 intercepts show three Lashkar-e-Jhangvi attackers received instructions from Afghanistan.

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Islamabad Lockdown!

ike the pr evious governments, the current rul ers are al so accused of di sappoi nting the nation beyo nd any doubt .

The angry maj ority is unde r the impr ession that I mran kha n carries a sufficient force of truth to prove his credi bil ity . I nde ed, he al ways tries to sound as being ful l y capa bl e of pr evail ing de spi te the odds .

S hameful but true: S il ence of the rel evant authorities on P anama I ssue is frustrating. S adl y , the N ational A ccountabil ity B ureau ( N A B ) and F ed eral I nvestigation A gency ( F I A ) , rel evant ministries l ike the ministries of F inance and L aw, and organisations l ike S tate B ank of P aki stan, S ecurities and E xc hange C ommission of P aki stan, face certain l imitations to pr obe the P anama P ape rs l eaks .

With respect to petitions filed

by J amat- e- I sl ami and P aki stanTehreek- I nsaf ( P TI ) , C hief J ustice of P aki stan M r. J ustice J amal i issued notices to the pr ime minister and other government functionaries regardi ng the red hot issue.

The first court date on Oct.22nd ende d up with an adj ournment for two weeks , but the S upr eme C ourt changed the date setting off a debate on the significance of the hearing a da y ahead of the pl anned siege of the city . N ow, the ape x court wil l hear pe titions on P anamagate on N ov 1. S ince the top court has been moved; the P rime M inister, his famil y members and F inance M inister I shaq D ar are requi red to submit their respons e to the notices issued before N ovember 1. The notices issued to the pr ime minister and others have aske d them to fol l ow the rul es and regul ations and bring with them their national ide ntity cards . P M N awaz S harif’ s two sons and a da ughter M ary am N awaz are in the l ist.

Though the investigation agencies expr essed their inabil ity to pr obe

the l eak s unde r the exi sting l aws, the ape x court may issue them di rections, and if the investigation is done unde r the supe rvision of the ape x court, it woul d be resul t- oriented, hope ful l y . A l so, this woul d be an oppor tunity for S C to l ead impa rtial investigation to its l ogical endi ng.

U nfortunatel y , the P TI is al l set for l ayi ng siege to the capi tal to compe l P M ’ s resignation or his accountability about his off shore investments, hence, the l ooming mega embarrassment.

I nterestingl y , dur ing the hearing regarding a different case on ‘Orange L ine M etro Train P roj ect,’ J ustice J amal i remarke d: “ There is monarchy in the name of de mocracy and bad governance unde r the garb of good governance in P aki stan. P eopl e need to stand up against these actions” .

Media Hype: The C J P remarke d, “ P eopl e shoul d careful l y assess the situation and pr ude ntl y use their right to vote whil e el ecting their repr esentatives” . H owever, the oppos ition el ements throughout the country were taki ng adva ntage of J ustice J amal i’ s remarks in an inappr opr iate way due to ext ensive medi a coverage.

Apex court’s clarification: The S C had to issue a qui ck note of clarification maintaining that the C J di d not ask the pe opl e to rise against the government as misrepor ted by a section of the pr ess I mran K han ever since the revel ation of the P anama P ape rs has surfaced is ada mant that N awaz S harif shoul d resign and pr esent his pr op erties and a ssets for accountabil ity .

C hairman K han said, “ The oppos ition l ead ers who are against pr otest are corrupt themsel ves.” H e said the government would suffer if it adopt s the way of suppr ession and onl y N awaz S harif woul d be re-

spons ibl e if third force comes into pow er. H e once again de mande d resignation from P rime M inister N awaz S harif and al so de mande d for cl osing dow n the F I A and N A B to re- establ ish these two agencies in the national interest.

P TI ’ s al ternate strategic pl anning: The P TI has al so pr epa red a strategy to tackl e the sit- in and any pos sibl e crackd own against the pa rty . P TI worke rs wil l gather at F aiz abad and march towards Z ero P oint unde r M r K han’ s l eade rship. “ B l ocki ng Z ero P oint wil l rende r K ashmir H ighway , I .J . P rincipa l R oad, M urree R oad and I sl amabad E xpr essway cl osed and the fed eral capi tal wil l be in l ockdow n,” a senior official told Dawn. “Party l eade rs are of the view that the government wil l cl ose the roads themsel ves, hel pi ng the pa rty’ s pl an to besiege I sl amabad,” he said. I f P TI worke rs are arrested ahead of the intende d l ockdow n, the pa rty pl ans to l ay siege to the pol ice station where the P TI pr otesters wil l be hel d. P TI l eade rship has al so di rected pa rty worke rs to avoid arrest and “ if anyone is arrested, then more than 20 worke rs wil l immedi atel y r each that pol ice station.”

More trouble ahead: Though l ocki ng dow n I sl amabad is unconstitutional and il l egal move, ye t I mran K han ( P TI ) and D r Tahir- ul - Q adr i head of P aki stan A wami Tehreek ( P A T) have announced to j oin hands again to di sl od ge the government of P rime M inister N awaz S harif. This is a cause of concern for P M N awaz .

RAW Spy Kulbhushan Yadav and Indian interference: I mran K han is ups et because N awaz S harif di d not raise the issue of I ndi an spy K ul bhushan Y ada v at the U nited N ations G eneral A ssembl y session, whil e his I ndi an counterpa rt N arendr a M odi spa red no chance to go against P aki stan. H e

al so compl ained that N awaz S harif never tal ke d about the I ndi an interference in P aki stan, as he was more concerned about himsel f. H e said both corrupt ion and terrorism were inter- l inke d ne edi ng to be crushed. “ W henever we are to do something and the government faces difficulties, something happe ns. B ut whatever they do, the N ov 2 pr otest wil l be hel d,” I mran empha sised. H e aske d the pr ime minister to repl y to the que stion of investigation into the l awye rs’ massacre in Q uetta and what measures were take n afterwards . The most recent K il l ing of 62 and woundi ng 1 14 pe opl e in Q uetta is y et another grim remind er of the continuing mil itant threat.

The recent surge in terrorism is indicative of a ‘policy-paralysis,’ the ongoing civil-military trust deficit is to bl ame.

U nde r A rticl e 245 of the C onstitution P ak A rmy is dut y bound to hel p the civil adm inistration secure the red z one.

C ertainl y , use of force to control the pr otesters may aggravate to a poi nt of no return.

R eferring to P TI ’ s accountabil ity movement through besieging the C api tal , P TI vice- chairman S hah M ehmood Q ureshi said it could be T20, one day or five-day test match, and if the government di dn’ t behave, “ we are even ready for a tournament” .

Risk of Intervention: A continuous fail ure of de mocratic forces usual l y invites an ext ra- constitutional intervention.

D emocratical l y spe aki ng, P M N awaz S harif shoul d be in ful l agreement to satisfy the O pos ition on the terms of reference for an inde pe nde nt inqui ry into the P anama scanda l in the best interest of P aki stan.

Consulted: sources from Dawn news, The News. The Nation

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‘Dear Modiji, the people of Kashmir are not with us’

Indian journalist Santosh Bhartiya in an open letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi published on ‘Rising Kashmir’ claims that although “the land of Kashmir is with us, the people of Kashmir are not with us.”

The journalist presents findings from a four- da y trip to I ndi a- hel d K ashmir in the l etter, addr essing the use of exc essive force against pr otesters, the anger of the K ashmiri pe opl e, and the mishandl ing of the Kashmir issue by India ─ pa rticul arl y , t he M odi regime.

B el ow are ex tracts from the op enl etter.

A ggression, bitterness in every K ashmiri I want to introduc e you by the fact that pe opl e have pa inful aggression in them against the I ndi an sys tem; be it a man of 80 ye ar ol d or a sixye ar- ol d c hil d.

This aggression and bitterness is to an ext ent of rej ection of not even wil l ing to tal k to anybody who rep resents it. Their p ain and aggression had take n such turn of ext remism that they now stand with stones in hands and are ready to face such huge sys tem; not bothering about the outcome. I bel ieve this situation woul d l ead us to the di sastrous “ massacre” situation.

A K ashmiri who do not hol ds a stone in hand, ke eps the stone in his heart.

This revol ution has take n a shape of mass- movement same as the movement of 1942 or J P M ovement in which the contribution of publ ic was more than the l eade rs.

The pe opl e who voted in the el ection of 2 014, toda y none of them is ready to utter a singl e word of sym pa thy in favour of the same government.They don’ t want to be pa rt of P aki stan H onorabl e P rime M inister [ M od i] some p eop l e have mad e y ou bel ieve that each p erson in K ashmir is a P ak istani, but honestl y we d id not find a single man praising Pakistan.

O n every tree, on every mobil e tower, Pakistani flag swirls in K ashmir. W e inqui red about it and pe opl e responde d by sayi ng that, “ I ndi a hates P aki stan. S o in ord er to tease you we swirl P aki stani

flags.”

Surprisingly, I didn’t find a singl e pe rson sayi ng that he wants to go to P aki stan as they are aware of the bad condi tion of P aki stan. I say it without any hesitation no one has inspi red K ashmiri to throw stones at us. The credi t goes to onl y t o our sys tem.

I have a que stion for you M odi j i.

Can Pakistan, which is financially a weak country , give 50 rupe es to each stone- pe l ting boy every da y?

A nd do you real l y want us to bel ieve that I ndi an sys tem is so hel p l ess or hope l ess that it coul d not catch a singl e man who di stributes these 5050 rupe es to the young boys of K ashmir?

I s P aki stan that strong a country that it can encourage 60 l akh ( 6 mil l ion) pe opl e of K ashmir to raise their voice and fight against India?

This is sheer j oke and even K ashmiris mock a t us.

L abel l ing K ashmir movement with P aki stan is a sheer made - up story and is not true at al l . E very K ashmiri want suppor t from us; they want to l ive and want to have al l oppor tunities and empl oym ent and a normal l ife with di gnity . K ashmiris want to be treated same as pe opl e of B ihar, B engal , A ssam,

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K ashmiris mention the name of the TV channel s as spr eadi ng and ex aggerating the communal ism in the country . I bel ieve that few of my j ournal ist col l eagues are bl inde d by the ambition of becoming M embers of P arl iament ( M P ) that they have forgotten their actual rol e of j ournal ist as they don’ t hesitate in pl ayi ng with the Continued on Pg 16

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‘No One will be allowed to Lockdown Islamabad on November 2’

I sl amabad : I sl amabad H igh C ourt ( I H C ) has stated that no one, either government or op p osition wil l be al l owed to l ock d own I sl amabad on N ovember 2 , rep orted 2 4 N ews.

D uring the four hearings against P TI ’ s D harna nex t month, I H C gave the rul ing that cap ital ad ministration must not bl ock any road or place containers to stop PTI’s planned ‘lockdown’.

The C ourt further ord ered the authorities to p rovid e P TI sp ot at D emocracy and S p eech P ark . “ I f the P TI tried to cond uct any k ind of p rotest outsid e given p remises then ad ministration must tak e l egal action.” D emocracy and S p eech P ark is a p l ace d esignated by C D A in the cap ital for p rotests.“ N o ed ucational institution wil l remain cl ose on the d ate.” F urthermore, the p etitioners al so seek arrest of P TI chairman I mran K han who has been d ecl ared as abscond er by an A nti- Terror C ourt.W hil e hearing the

case, J ustice S hauk at A z iz S id d iq ue, summoned I mran K han to p resent himsel f in front of court on O ctober 3 1 . The court al so ord ered P E M R A to p resent the vid eo evid ences of I mran K han’ s sp eeches in which he has announced to shutd own I sl amabad .

The C ourt showed d isp l easure over I mran’ s sp eeches and behavior of ad ministration. “ U nd er which l aw I mran K han has announced to shutd own I sl amabad , ” court ask ed .“ O nl y j ud iciary is third ump ire, ” J ustice S id d iq ue stated .H e further stated that government is p aral y z ed and ad ministration and p ol ice are onl y cond ucting meetings.M eanwhil e, after I H C verd ict I mran K han has cal l ed an imp ortant meeting of P TI top l ead ership . J ahangir Tareen, S hah M ehmood Q ureshi, A sad U mar and other l ead ers have reached B ani G al l a. “ S hiek d R asheed has al so arrive to K han’ s house.” S ource: channel24.pk/breaking-news

P ak istan Tehreek - i- I nsaf ( P TI ) S p ok esman N aeemul H aq ue on W ed nesd ay warned the government that if it attemp ts to arrest I mran K han “ it wil l face a harsh resp onse” .

S p eak ing to D awnN ews ahead of P TI C hairman I mran K han’ s ap p earance at the I sl amabad H igh C ourt, N aeem sarcastical l y ad d ed : “ I f the government is itching to arrest him, it shoul d d o so.” A t a time when the P TI is once again p l anning a p rotest in the fed eral cap ital , the A nti- Terrorism C ourt ( A TC ) in I sl amabad l ast week rep eated warrants for the arrest of I mran K han, P ak istan A wami Tehreek ( P A T) chairman D r Tahirul Q ad ri and 7 0 others for attack ing the state- run P ak istan Tel evision d uring the 2 0 1 4 sit- in.

D esp ite the court’ s ord ers, the P TI chief was accomp anied to court O n W ed nesd ay und er tight security by a heavy p olice contingent. The PTI has planned a ‘lockdown’ of Isl amabad on N ovember 2 if P rime M inister N awaz S harif d oesn’ t agree to an investigation into the P anama P ap ers

l eak s, und er the terms of reference p rop osed by the op p osition or resigns from his p osition.

N aeemul H aq said that neither I mran K han, nor any other P TI work er, woul d ask for bail under ‘political’ cases. “The government is d ecl aring a great l ead er a terrorist, ” the P TI sp ok esman cl aimed . P TI chairman I mran K han had announced the p l an to l ay siege to I sl amabad as p art of the p arty ’ s accountabil ity movement against the p rime minister and members of his famil y in the wak e of the P anama P ap ers l eak s.P TI vice- chairman S hah M ehmood Q ureshi had earlier said it could be T20, one day or five-day test match, and if the government d id n’ t behave, “ we are even read y for a tournament” .Source:dawn.com/news

Govt will face harsh response if it arrests Imran Khan: PTI

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Panama Papers are an issue of transparency: IMF chief P anama P ap ers and B ahama L eak s are a matter of honesty , transp arency and accountabil ity , top I nternational M onetary F und ( I M F ) boss C hristine L agard e said Tuesd ay .

On the final day of her maiden two-day visit to Pakistan, the IMF chief in her concl ud ing p ress conference al ongsid e F inance M inister I shaq D ar in I sl amabad said accountabil ity and transp arency was the right course forward . “ A nd that is the best way to go forward whether it is P anama or B ahama or whatsoever, ” she said in resp onse to a q uestion regard ing invol vement of P ak istani l ead ers in P anama P ap ers scand al .

S he said technol ogical p rogress and access to information wil l mak e it imp ossibl e to run and hid e with corrup tion.

I n his rep l y to a q uestion about the P anama P ap ers, F inance M inister Ishaq Dar said there is no justification of the political agitation regard ing the case. H e said the issue is l y ing in court and the hearing of the case in this regard wil l be hel d on N ov 1 .

H e said the P ak istan Tehreek - i- I nsaf ( P TI ) sit- in in I sl amabad on Nov 2 will cause inconvenience to the people and affect business and economy . dawn.com/news

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Myanmar army forces hundreds of Rohingya from homes

H undr eds of M ya nmar’ s R ohingya vil l agers are facing a second night hidi ng in rice fields without shelter, after the army on Sunda y forcibl y removed them from a vil l age in a crackdow n fol l owing attacks on borde r security forces. F our R ohingya sources contacted by R euters by tel ephone said borde r guard officers went to Kyee Kan Pyin village on S unda y and orde red about 2,0 0 vil l agers to abandon it, giving them j ust enough time to col l ect basic househol d items. The move marks an escal ation in viol ence which has de stabil ised M ya nmar’ s most vol atil e state l ocated in the remote northwest. I n R akh ine, rel ations between the R ohingya and maj ority B ud dhi sts have hit their l owest poi nt since hundr eds of p eopl e were ki l l ed and thousands di spl aced in ethnic and rel igious viol ence in 201.

The government, l ed by N obel P eace P riz e winner A ung S an S uu K yi , has said the army and pol ice in R akh ine are fighting a group of at least 400 fighters, dr awn from the R ohingya M usl im minority, with links to fighters overseas. While officials say the army has been conducting careful l y targeted sweeps against the group behind attacks on pol ice borde r pos ts on O ctober 9, reside nts have accused security forces of ki l l ing non- combatants and burn-

ing homes. “ I was ki cke d out from my house ye sterda y afternoon, now I l ive in a paddy field outside of my village with some 20 pe opl e incl udi ng my famil y - I became homel ess,” said a R ohingya man from K ye e K an P yi n vil l age. “ A fter the sol di ers arrived at our vil l age, they said that if al l of us di dn’ t l eave, they woul d shoot us,” he said.

A nother witness and two R ohingya community el de rs based in M aungda w who are col l ecting information from across the area have corroborated the account, estimating a total of about 2,0 vil l agers were removed from homes. Some were able to find shelter in neighbouring vil l ages, but hundr eds sp ent last night hiding in the rice fields. They are stil l strande d and are facing another without shel ter. M ynt K ya w, a government spoke sman, said the government was unabl e to contact anyone in the area because it was a mil itaril y- ope rated “ red z one” . “ A M usl im man cal l ed me this morning as they were being forcibl y removed from their homes, but I was not able to confirm that information,” said M ynt K ya w. The mil itary di d not respond to a reque st for comment. V ide os up l oade d on social medi a by R ohingya rights activists showed men and women spe aki ng R ohingya l anguage carryi ng their bel ongings and l ivestock to other vil l ages or waiting out the crackdown in paddy fields. The area around M aungda w Township, near the borde r with B angl ade sh, is unde r mil itary l ockdow n and j ournal ists and aid worke rs have not been al l owed to go inside . The R ohingya are often said to be the worl d’ s most pe rsecuted minority . They are an ethnic M usl im group in the maj ority B uddhi st country and make up around one mil l ion of the total 50 m il l ion popul ation.

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ISIL atrocities reported near Mosul: UN

The I sl amic S tate of I raq and the L evant group ( I S I L , al so know n as I S I S ) has been committing a wave of atrocities around the I raqi town of M osul , accordi ng to the repor ts received by the U nited N ations ( U N ) , as I raq i troops cl ose in to capt ure the I S I L stronghol d. The al l egations, which remain “ pr el iminary” , have come from a range of

civil ian and government sources, who cannot be named for security reasons, the U N rights office spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesda y . The repor ted atrocities were pe rpe trated by I S I L members between W edne sd ay and S unda y , whil e tens of thousands of I raqi forces adva nced towards M osul , the l ast I S I L bastion in the country , Colville said. In a village called Safina, located about 45km south of M osul , I S I L was bl amed for exe cuting 15 civil ians before throwing their bodi es in a river, pos sibl y to strike terror among other reside nts. O n October 19 also in Safina, fighters “reportedl y tied six civil ians to a vehicl e by their hands and dr agged them around the vil l age, appa rentl y simpl y because they were related to a particular tribal leader fighting against I S I L ,” C ol vil l e said. I raqi security forces repor tedl y found another 70 bodi es riddl ed with bul l et wounds on O ctober 20 in the nearby Tul oul N aser vil l age. C ol vil l e

Pakistan Tariaing Cont from Page 1 vests who it said were the attackers. The Islamic State had also claimed responsibility for the last major attack in the Quetta area, an August suicide bombing at a hospital in the city that killed dozens of lawyers.

Pakistani officials, however, earlier blamed Lashkare-Jhangvi, a banned militant group affiliated with the Taliban, for the assault on the police college. After the Islamic State claimed responsibility, a senior security official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the news media, said the Islamic State had “outsourced” the attack to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.The assault showed that extremist groups remain a serious threat for the Pakistani military and security forces, which have claimed great success against militants in recent years. Security forces were put on high alert across Pakistan on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, said they would visit Quetta.Bal-

Poll: Most see a Hillary Clinton victory and a fair count ahead

Almost 7 in 10 voters nationwide say they think Hillary Clinton will win the presidency next month, but most say that if that happens, Donald Trump will not accept the results and concede, according to a new CNN/ ORC poll. Americans overall are more confident that the nation’s votes for president will be cast and counted accurately this year than they were in 2008. Whatever the outcome, however, nearly 8 in 10 say that once all the states have certified their vote counts, the losing candidate has an obligation to accept the results and concede to the winner.

Expectations that the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee will win are widespread and growing. The 68% who say they expect a Clinton win now is up from 59% around Labor Day and 55% back in June just after the primaries ended. Republicans and Trump supporters are the sole groups, among which less than half think Clinton will ultimately win. Among Clinton’s own supporters, 93% expect her to win the election, while just 57% of Trump’s backers say they’re expecting him to carry the day. Voters who support Trump yet expect Clinton to win are more apt than Trump backers who think he will win to say that the loser of the election has an obligation to concede (72% among Trump backers who say Clinton’s going to win, 55% among those who think Trump will). Overall, 66% of Americans say that they have at least some confidence that votes for president will be accurately cast and counted in this year’s election, up said it was not immedi atel y cl ear who was respons ibl e for their de aths. I n addi tion, on S aturda y , I S I L gunmen al l egedl y shot d ead three women and t hree girl s dur ing a forced march in R ufeil a vil l age south of M osul , according to the rights office spokesman. The 50 police officers who had been held hostage

by I S I L were repor tedl y ki l l ed in a buil di ng outside M osul on S unda y , C ol vil l e al so tol d repor ters in G eneva. “ W e very much fear that these wil l not be the l ast such repor ts we receive of such barbaric acts by I S I L ,” he said. H e adde d that al l the al l egations “ need a bit more [ investigative] work” before the U N can concl usivel y say they took pl ace.

uchistan is home to a decades-old separatist insurgency, and Taliban militants maintain a presence in Quetta and many other parts of the province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran. Anwar ulHaq Kakar, a spokesman for the Baluchistan government, blamed Afghanistan for the attack on the police college.“All such attacks have been managed from across the border in Afghanistan,” Mr. Kakar said.

“Hostile intelligence agencies of neighboring countries are directly responsible for terrorism in Pakistan.” r. Kakar said that toll could rise because some of the injuries were severe. “We are investigating the failure of law enforcement agencies,” he said.

Baluchistan’s chief minister, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, said intelligence reports days earlier had indicated that an attack on Quetta was imminent. He suggested that security preparations in the city itself had led the militants to target the college, which is about nine miles from the capital.“Security was already on high alert, and maybe that is why they have targeted the police

from 58% who said so around this time in 2008 and a bit below the 72% who had that much confidence heading in to the 2004 election. In the new poll, candidate support and partisanship are primary dividers on whether Americans have confidence in the vote count, with 88% of Clinton’s supporters confident vs. 49% of Trump backers, and similar divides by party (86% of Democrats are confident vs. 54% of Republicans). That’s a reversal from 2004, when Democrats were less confident in the system than Republicans heading into the first presidential election after the Florida recount which resulted in George W. Bush’s victory there by a few hundred votes. Back then, 59% of Democrats expressed confidence in the system vs. 87% of Republicans. By 2008, questions about the integrity of elections were almost equally shared across party lines, about 6 in 10 Democrats (59% confident) and Republicans (58% confident) had at least some faith in the election system. In the new poll, 77% say that whoever loses after each state has officially certified its vote for president has an obligation to accept the results and concede.

But just 35% say they think that if Trump loses he will accept the results and concede once votes have been certified, 61% say he will not. That doubt lies primarily among those who do not support Trump. Among his own backers, 56% say they think he will accept the outcome and concede if he loses, while 75% of those who support Clinton think he will not. Fewer (22%) doubt that Clinton will accept the results if she loses, but again, her own supporters are more apt to say she will than are those who back her opponent; 95% of Clinton backers say she will vs. 59% of Trump supporters. The CNN/ORC poll was conducted by telephone October 20-23 among a random national sample of 1,017 adults, including 916 registered voters. The margin of sampling error for results among the full sample and among registered voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Source: CNN News The rights office also restated its fears that I S I L wil l use civil ians in M osul as human shields as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city in an ope ration backe d by a U S - l ed coal ition. The campa ign to retake M osul comes after months of pl anning and invol ves more than 25,0 I raqi troops , K urdi sh forces, Sunni tribal fighters and state-sanctioned S hia mil itias. I t is expe cted to take weeks , if not months, to dr ive I S I L out of I raq’ s second l argest city , which is stil l home to more than a million people. ISIL has suffered a series of setbacks over the pa st ye ar, and M osul is its l ast maj or urban bastion in I raq.

Source: Al-Jazeera

training center on the ouskirts of the city,” Most of the deaths were caused when two of the attackers blew themselves up. The third was shot dead by Frontier Corps (FC) troops. At least 117 people were injured.“Isaw three men carrying Kalashnikovs… they were in camouflage and their faces were hidden,” one cadet told reporters. “They started firing and entered the dormitory but I managed to escape by climbing over a wall.”Bugti confirmed to reporters that there had been three attackers.

“They first targeted the watch tower sentry, and after exchanging fire, killed him and were able to enter the academy grounds,” he said. “We have taken one of the suicide bombers’ bodies into custody,” Bugti told DawnNews. Continued on Pg 23

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Ottawa police pull over Canada-EU deal in question after higher rate of Middle Eastern Belgium declines to sign on and black drivers: report

O ttawa P ol ice are p ul l ing over M id d l e E astern and bl ack d rivers - - esp ecial l y y oung men - - far more often than other group s rel ative to their p op ul ation in the city, according to a report analyzing traffic stop s over a two y ear p eriod . R esearchers at York University looked at 81,902 traffic stops between 2013 and 2015 where officers were ask ed to ap p rox imate the d river’ s race, sex , and age, as wel l the reason for the traffic stop and the outcome. The data reveal ed that d rivers p erceived to be M id d l e E astern accounted for 1 2 .3 p er cent of the stop s, about 3 .3 times what y ou woul d ex p ect based on their p rop ortion of O ttawa’ s p op ul ation. Those thought to be bl ack accounted for 8 .8 p er cent of the stop s, roughl y 2 .3 times higher than anticip ated based on p op ul ation siz e. The d isp arities were even more p ronounced among y oung men. M id d l e E astern mal es between the ages of 1 6 to 2 4 were 1 2 times more l ik el y to be p ul l ed over. Y oung bl ack men were 8 .3 times more l ik el y to be stop p ed . W ith the ex cep tion of I nd igenous p eop l es, men aged 1 6 to 2 4 of al l racial group s saw a d isp rop ortionatel y high vol ume of traffic stops. The massive data pool, which is the first of its kind in Canada, was coll ected in resp onse to a human rights comp l aint against the O ttawa P ol ice stemming from a 2005 traffic stop. However, the researchers behind the study say the findings shoul d not be seen as p roof of racial profiling within the force’s ranks. Officers rep orted p erceiving the race of the d river before d ecid ing to p ul l the vehicl e over in onl y 1 1 .4 p er cent of the stop s - - a fact

that coul d p artial l y mitigate the chance of p erceived racial bias. O ttawa P ol ice C hief C harl es B ord el eau say s he isn’ t troubl ed by the outsiz ed rep resentation of M id d l e E astern and bl ack d rivers in the stud y . “ They ( the authors) concl ud ed that the numbers are not racial profiling,” he told C TV O ttawa. “ The numbers are higher, and we have to work with the community to better und erstand why those numbers are what they are.” The O ntario H uman R ights C ommission d isagrees, say ing the findings challenge all law enforcement organiz ations to ack nowl ed ge “ the sy stemic nature of racial profiling.” However, the p rovince’ s human rights watchd og p raised the O ttawa P ol ice S ervice’ s wil l ingness to investigate racial profiling on such a large scal e, in a statement rel eased M ond ay . “ There are some serious concerns given the d isp rop ortionate number of ind ivid ual s who have been stop p ed , ” said I hsaan G ard ee, the ex ecutive d irector of the N ational C ouncil of C anad ian M usl ims. H e says racial profiling is “a phenomenon we k now ex ists, ” but q uestions the ex tent to which it imp acted the resul ts of the stud y .

The findings also revealed that some of the most serious reasons for the traffic stops skewed significantly towards racialized minorities. “Criminal offences” was disproportionately cited among five of the six non- white group s stud ied . D ata on I nd igenous p eop l es was inconcl usive because the number of stops citing “criminal offenses” was too l ow. “ S usp icious activities” was also an inordinately common justification for p ul l ing over members of minority groups. The outcomes of the traffics stop s - - charges versus warnings - - d id not seem to have an obvious racial bias. M id d l e E astern, bl ack , and ind igenous p eop l es actual l y saw more “ no action” outcomes from their brushes with the O ttawa cop s.

A rep ort submitted by C hief B ord el eau to the O ttawa P ol ice S ervices B oard say s community and p ol ice engagement l ik e the Y ork U niversity S tud y wil l be used over the nex t six months to create a mul tiy ear action p l an.

Source: CTV News

Palestinian Authority created ‘atmosphere of hysteria’

A recent pol l has found that 63.8 pe rcent of yout h in the W est B ank and G az a woul d rather maintain the P al estinian A uthority than di ssol ve it. A nal ys ts and pol itical activists, however, believe the figure does not reflect the real ity on the ground. The survey , conduc ted by the J erusal em M edi a and C ommunication C entre, in coope ration with the G erman F riedr ich- E bert- S tiftung founda tion, al so found that 49.6 pe rcent of yout h said the P A ’ s pe rformance was general l y good. C onduc ted between S ep tember 28 and O ctober 1, 2016, the sampl e surveye d 1,0 P al estinian yout h ranging from 15 to 29 ye ars ol d.

A nal ys ts say the fal l ing popul arity of the P A , a semi- governmental body that adm inisters the I srael i- occupi ed W est B ank, has caused them to que stion the accuracy of the pol l and to highl ight the impor tance of the respons es in the current social and pol itical environ-

ment. A l aa Tartir, pr ogramme di rector of the A l - S habaka P al estinian think- tank, says the opt ions pr ovide d to the responde nts are misl eadi ng. “ This di chotomy of pe rpe tuate vs dissolve reflects a black and white understanding which does not reflect the complex real ity ,” Tartir tol d A l J az eera. “ I f respond ents were given a third choice, like redefining the d uties and respons ibil ities of the P A , then the results might be considerably different.” The O sl o A ccords , which were meant to l ay the founda tion for a future P al estinian state in the occupi ed territories, pl aced the P A in a subordi nate pos ition to I srael on several l evel s. Toda y , I srael col l ects tax on behal f of the P A and has used it regul arl y as a means for pr essuring the P al estinian l eade rship into pol itical compl iance. The P A al so works with Israel to fight opposition to the occupa tion as pa rt of “ security coord ination” , causing many to view it with hostil ity and as il l egitimate, activists say . Y et, Tartir bel ieves it is impor tant to conside r the nearly “one million Palestinians financially de pe nde nt on the P A ” . “ They have a vested interest in ke epi ng “ business as usual ” . The fear of the chaos that is l ike l y to ensue in the case of the P A ’ s de struction, says Tartir, is an impor tant factor to conside r when anal ys ing the figures. But the Palestinian youth in the W est B ank and G az a, accordi ng to W al eed al - M oda l l al , head of pol itical science at the I sl amic U niversity of G az a, “ bel ieve that the

The tiny B el gian region of W al l onia has succeede d in stal l ing the massive C anada E U trade de al , and C anadi an pr opone nts fear this coul d unravel the agreement, opening the floodgates for more regions or countries with grievances that d emand accommoda tion. The E urope an U nion and C anada insist they have not abandone d hope for a l ong- pl anned summit on Thursda y in B russel s at which P rime M inister J ustin Trude au and E urope an l eade rs woul d sign the C ompr ehensive E conomic and Trade Agreement. It would be the EU’s first trade de al with a G roup of S even country .

The pr ospe cts appe ar di m, however, for an O ct. 27 signing ceremony . B el gian P rime M inister C harl es M ichel tol d E U P resid ent D onal d Tusk on M onda y , after weeks of tal ks , that his country cannot suppor t the agreement right now. The E U requi res al l 28 member states to appr ove the de al , but pol itical l y de central iz ed B el gium requi res suppor t from regional governments for international agreements. The poor F renchspe aki ng region of W al l onia, repr esenting 3.6 mil l ion pe opl e, has steadf astl y refused to assent. “ W e cannot give a ye s, ” said P aul M agnette, l eade r of the W al l onia government. And, now, officially joining Wall onia in oppos ition to C E TA is B el gium’ s B russel s region, which repr esents F l emish and F rench spe ake rs in the region of the capi tal city of B russel s. I t al so informed M r. M ichel it cannot suppor t C E TA . The l eade r of F l ande rs, the l argest of B el gium’ s regional governments and one that backs C E TA , said thwarting the de al make s B el gium l ook ridi cul ous. The regions of B el gium op pos ing the de al amount to about 1 pe r cent of the E urope an U nion’ s popul ation. “ I t’ s a real shame,” F l ande rs l eade r G eert B ourgeois said after meeting with M r. M ichel . “ W e’ re the l aughing stock of the whol e worl d. I t’ s bad for W al l onia, for F l ande rs, for B el gium, for E urope , for the whol e worl d.” C anadi an C hamber of C ommerce pr eside nt P errin B eatty said the risk when trade deals stall in the final stretch is they begin to fal l apa rt as other pa rties reconside r the concessions made . “ I f W al l onia is abl e to hol d up the agreement until they can force E urope and C anada to meet their de mands , why woul dn’ t other j urisdi ctions do the same thing? ” M r. B eatty said. I nternational Trade M inister C hrys tia F reel and was ada mant on M onda y that O ttawa wil l not reope n the de al , poi nting out that 27 out of 28 E urope an U nion member countries back the exi sting version. “ This de al is done . I t’ s time to move on. G et it signed and get it ratified,” she told reporters in O ttawa. J ason L angrish, exe cutive di rector of the C anada E urope R oundt abl e for B usiness, a coal ition of C anadi an and E urope an compa nies backi ng C E TA , said he is al so concerned the de al wil l begin un-

ravel l ing. “ R egions and governments wil l be embol de ned. I t’ s the same reason one doe sn’ t reope n a negotiation, as al l the various grievances then pi l e on.” The C anada E U de al woul d el iminate dut ies on tens of thousands of pr oduc ts, covering more than 95 pe r cent of everyt hing C anada now sel l s to Europe, and dismantle many non-tariff barriers to commerce. I t woul d give C anada ’ s auto assembl ers and beef and por k producers significant access to EU markets.

F ail ure to appr ove C E TA , onl y months after B ritain voted to qui t the E urope an U nion, would be a blow to the EU’s efforts to de monstrate it is stil l a viabl e entity . L eaving the meeting with B el gium’ s P rime M inister on M onda y , W al l onia’ s M r. M agnette said he is not against free trade with C anada , but worries the de al coul d unde rmine heal th and safety standa rds and al l ow big business to undo B el gian pol icies. E U officials had reportedly given Belgium until l ate M onda y to back the de al , warning the O ct. 27 summit woul d be cancel l ed. M r.

M agnette l ashed out at the action. B el gian pol itical anal ys ts said M r. M agnette is feel ing pr essure to stand up to the M arxi st pa rty in his region, which has been gaining in the pol l s. S ome in W al l onia al so fear B el gium could find itself under attack from foreign businesses, such as C anadi an subsidi aries of U .S . mul tinational s, in the same way that S wedi sh util ity V attenfal l is suing G ermany over the cl osing of nucl ear pow er pl ants.

M s. F reel and said C anada is wil l ing to sign C E TA if the oppos ition in B el gium can be overcome, and wil l show up on O ct. 27 if an agreement exi sts. M s. F reel and said the Trude au government al ready renegotiated the de al to make changes that restricted the pow er of businesses to sue C anada or E uropean states for policies that affect their investments. C onservative trade critic G erry R itz said the L iberal de cision to renegotiate the investor- di sput e section of C E TA earl ier this ye ar embol de ned critics, incl ud ing Wallonia’s legislators, to keep fighting. N D P trade critic Tracey R amsey stood up for W al l onia and cal l ed the L iberal s to reope n the de al to addr ess “ l egitimate concerns” about the agreement.

Source: Globe and Mail

end of the P A wil l l ead to the de cl ine of the economic situation, causing many to l ose their j obs” . N onethel ess, al - M oda l l al says the survey results do not reflect public opinion. “ [ Y outh in G az a] are de pr ived of work opportunities and suffer from increasing unempl oym ent l evel s, l eaving them di scontent with the P A ,” he tol d A l J az eera. “ I t is cl ear that most of those who were surveye d are benefiting from the PA.” “The PA eulogises itsel f and creates fear over the ide a of its col l aps e, conside ring that the da mage wil l be on the pol itical , economic and social l evel of society ,” said al - M oda l l al . F ear al so manifests in the form of rel uctance to spe ak truthful l y about the P A ’ s “ pe rformance” , H az em A bu H el al , a pol itical activist in the W est B ank, tol d A l J az eera. “ There is an atmosphe re of hys teria from the repr ession by the P al estinian security forces as they chase dow n yout h for things rel ated to expr ession of opi nion. “ The repr ession has reached the highest poi nt and the P al estinian authority is no l onger abl e to accep t any criticism or oppos ing opi nions and the evide nce of that

is the l arge number of activists, de tainees and pol iticians in j ail .” To the ope n- ende d que stion on the most trusted P al estinian faction, the survey shows that 35 pe rcent said F atah, the P A ’ s rul ing pa rty , whil e 15.3 pe rcent said H amas, the pol itical movement governing the G az a S trip, and 32.9 pe rcent said they “ do not trust anyone ” . A l so, when aske d “ which P al estinian [ pol itical ] pe rsonal ity do you trust the most” , 34.6 pe rcent said they do not trust anyone , whil e A bbas received 1 1 pe rcent of the vote and 18 pe rcent said “ others” . A bu H el al says these answers show what is al ready wel l - know n in publ ic - that the “ P al estinian factions are suffering from a real crisis. “Any trust in the factions has been de stroye d and the means by which the factions gather sup por t are expl oiting the needs of the yo uth for work or work oppor tunities. S o, the ide a of bel onging to a faction is becoming increasingl y unpopul ar. “ This is a natural conseque nce of the l ack of an inde pe nde nt P al estinian voice, c ausing much di strust.”

Source: Al-Jazeera

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The supe rstitions about the month of S afar were wel l know n among the ignorant p eopl e, and some stil l exi st.I t was narrated that A bu H urayr ah said: the M essenger of A l l ah ( P eace be upon him) said: “(There is) no ‘Adwa (no contagious di sease is conveye d without A l l ah’ s pe rmission) , nor is there any bad omen ( from birds ) , nor is there any H aamah, nor is there any ( bad omen in the month of) S afar, and one shoul d run away from the l epe r as one runs away f rom a l ion.” ( B ukha ri, 5387; M usl im, 20)

Why Muslims Should Never Have To Apologize for Terroris ? m

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By:Omar Alnatour icture this: You wake up in the morning to hear your wife screaming at you because it’s pouring rain outside. She hates the rain and now her day is ruined because of you.

You go downstairs only to hear your children yell at you because they broke the toaster. They can’t have waffles now and it’s all your fault. On the way to work, you stop and fill up gas only to hear everyone at the gas station curse you out because gas prices have risen. You arrive at work only to see all your coworkers gathered around your desk demanding that you apologize for the printer being jammed.

On the way home from work, everyone on the highway screams at you because they are upset with the rush hour traffic.

Quite a ridiculous scenario, right? Can you imagine always being blamed for things that you have absolutely no control over?

Can you imagine always being asked to apologize for these things? Can you imagine being hated whether or not you do apologize? This is what being a Muslim in America today feels like.

I am a proud American, raised in Texas.

I’m a college student. I’m a humanitarian. I’m an aspiring physician. I’m someone who hopes to revolutionize access to medicine and healthcare in the United States and in war-torn countries across the world. I also am a M-u-s-l-i-m, one of over 1.6 billion who are blamed whenever an act of terrorism occurs as if we are nothing more than this 6-letter word hijacked by those who wrongly use our religion to justify their heinous crimes.

As a Muslim American who continually strives to do everything I can for the betterment of my community and this nation, I am tired of being asked to apologize and condemn terrorism that I have absolutely nothing to do with.

Here Are Five Reasons Why Muslims Should Never Have To Apologize for Terrorism: 1)It’s ridiculous to ask us to apologize.

As a practicing Muslim, I know that my religion teaches peace. I am so certain of this fact that I will award anyone $10,000

if they can find me a verse in the Quran that says it’s ok to kill innocent people or to commit acts of terror.

This is an open offer that will never expire.

I also know that Muslims, as a religious group, are not terrorists. I have factually proved this. I also have factually proved that you are more likely to be struck by lightening, crushed to death by a couch, or killed by a toddler, than to be killed by a Muslim.

This being said, why should I have to apologize for a violence that I have no connection to? A violence my religion blatantly stands against.

Ask yourself: Should car manufacturers have to apologize when drunk drivers kill people using their vehicles? Should you be required to apologize to the police if your sibling gets a speeding ticket because you share the same last name? Should every single gun owner in America have to apologize whenever someone is killed by a firearm? Should weathermen have to apologize for cloudy days? Should pharmacists have to apologize for your allergies?

Should I have to apologize for the typos of another writer?

Unless you can find that $10,000 verse or unless you blatantly hear a Muslim explicitly supporting terrorism, please understand that asking us, both individually and collectively, to apologize for terrorism would be just as ridiculous as the questions above.

2)It should be obvious by now that Muslims condemn terrorism.

By now, it should be very clear that Muslims condemn terrorism. All it takes is a simple Google search of any terrorist attack to find the plethora of Muslims publicly condemning it. Try it out.

Muslims condemn terrorism, we always have. This is a fact. And just as I shouldn’t have to reassure you each morning that the sky is still blue, Muslims should not have to reassure you that we still condemn terrorism every single time a terrorist attack occurs.

And frankly, if you don’t already believe that Muslims condemn terrorism by now,

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then no apology or repeated broken-record condemnation from any Muslim or Muslim organization will help cure your intolerant hatred.

3)Muslims are at the very forefront of combating terrorism.

The only thing more ridiculous than asking people to apologize for something they have no connection to is to make people apologize for something they are working so hard to combat.

Muslims want to defeat terrorism just as much as any other American, if not more.

This is why we have Muslim women like Niloofar Rahmani and Kubra Khademi who are at the very frontlines fighting terrorists. This is why millions of Muslim youth are taking a stand against ISIS. This is why tons of Muslim groups and scholars repeatedly issue statements condemning ISIS, many even being beheaded by ISIS for doing so.

This is why more than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined together to write an open letter to ISIS, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using Islamic terms. This is why Muslims are being killed

by ISIS for publicly opposing this terrorist group’s persecution of Christians.

For the same reasons that firemen don’t apologize for fires and doctors don’t apologize for heart disease, Muslims should not be expected or asked to apologize for something they are working so hard to combat.

4)Muslims are the largest victims of terrorism.

According to the Counter Terrorism Center at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Al-Qaeda kills over seven times more Muslims than non-Muslims.

According to the UN, Muslims are the largest victims of ISIS. According to the State Department, Muslims are the largest victims of terrorism in general. No matter

where you look, you will find that asthe strongest as sociation between terrorMuslims and terror ism is one in which Muslims are victims of it.

There is a sad irony in how Muslims are the largest vic victims of terrorism yet also re receive the most hatred for it. Just as it would be wrong to blame Af African Americans for slavery, starving children for world hunger, and toddlers for school shootings, it is equally wrong to blame Muslims for terrorism when we are always the victims of it.

Want me to call the leader of ISIS and tell him to stop committing terror? Give me his contact information; I’d be happy to.

Any Muslim would. But just know that the conversation would begin with us, ISIS’s largest victims, telling him to stop hijacking our religion to justify killing Muslims who actually follow it.

5)If we have to apologize for terrorism, then so should everyone else.

This last point is especially important.

Why are Muslims the only group that are required to apologize for and condemn the actions of criminals that associate with their group?

To put things into perspective, ask yourself: Why aren’t all white males asked to apologize for the slavery that white males endorsed less than two centuries ago? The slavery in which one third of slaves were Muslims. Why aren’t all Buddhists asked to apologize for the radical Buddhist monks in Mynammar that are violently attacking Muslims? Why aren’t all policemen asked to apologize for the racist cops that are dropping the bodies of unarmed blacks like leaves in the autumn?

You must understand that just as you are detached from the heinous crimes mentioned above, I am just as detached from the terrorism that so many keep trying to link me with for no other reason than me being a Muslim.

You must understand that by asking me whether I condemn terrorism, you are questioning my humanity.

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By:Michael Den Tandt A s the anniversary of the 2015 fede ral el ection has come and gone, much attention has dwelt on Liberal promises broken (deficit $ 30 bil l ion vs. $10 bil l ion) or soon to be brok en ( el ectoral reform) , pa inful compr omises made ( cl imate targets, heal th spe ndi ng) and intractabl e pr obl ems ahead ( missing and murde red aboriginal women, l and cl aims, p ipe l ines, t rade ) .

Yet the regime responsible for these perfidies, flip-flops and stumbles enjoys 49.8-percent suppor t, accordi ng to aggregator ThreeH undr edE ight.com — a whiske r shy of an absol ute maj ority . B y compa rison, S tephe n H arpe r’ s C onservatives at the pe ak of the p opul arity , in l ate 201 1, toppe d out in the l ow 40s .

P erhaps P rime M inister J ustin Trude au has cast another spe l l , with his hair? O r maybe it’s the Donald Trump effect. Anyone more or l ess stabl e, a bal e of hay or inert gas, can seem l ike W inston C hurchil l in compa rison.

O r maybe it’ s something el se. Trude au and his cabinet, for al l they’ ve take n on too much, dithered on some files and botched others ( as noted in many recent commentaries incl udi ng mine, I hasten to ad d) have had some big, impor tant successes in the pa st twel ve months.

A year ago, Canadians had just come off a 78- da y campa ign dur ing which refugee policy, ethnicity and culture — specifically mainstream attitude s towards the veil worn by a smal l minority of C anadi an M usl im women, the niqa b — had been central to the

action. The H arpe r campa ign, to its everl asting shame, had made a dog- whistl e appe al to anti- M usl im sentiment, which we now recogniz e as nativism.

The L iberal s countered with, among other things, their pr omise to wel come 25, 0 S yr ian refugees before C hristmas of 2015, which seemed impos sibl y ambitious — and was, on that timel ine. I t got done , al beit many weeks behind schedul e, with security safeguards and l ogistics the reason for de l ay .

That was a big de al .]

A ye ar ago C anada had no l aw regul ating assisted dyi ng, de spi te the S upr eme C ourt’ s having orde red the H arpe r government to dr aft such l egisl ation nearl y nine months pr ior. The Tories had avoide d this for fear of igniting an unwinnabl e societal battl e over faith and moral s in an el ection ye ar. L ast J une, after an often- wrenching publ ic and pol itical d ebate, B il l C - 14 was pa ssed by the S enate into l aw. This, t oo, w as a big de al .

S pe aki ng of the S enate: A ye ar ago the R ed C hamber was a di scredi ted, $10mil l ion- aye ar social cl ub for pa rty time- servers, conside red by many beyond repa ir and impe rvious to reform.

Then the L iberal government cut it l oose.

The S enate’ s pa ssage of C - 14 l ast J une showed, among other things, that senators freed from pa rty control coul d, shocki ngl y , pr ovide sober second thought, ye t stil l respe ct the wil l of the C ommons. This evol ution was and remains hugel y impor tant for C anadi an de mocracy , though it is no l onger much in the news.

Taxes and family benefits? It is fair to say this: During his time as finance minister, the l ate J im F l aherty took steps to forestal l income inequa l ity and pove rty . C onseque ntl y the share of income hel d by the weal thiest C anadi ans has been dr oppi ng, marginal l y , since 206.

Trudeau and his finance minister, Bill M orneau, have continued in this vein with their middl e- cl ass tax cut and bul ke d- up child benefit. The net result is an inequality inde x in C anada that bucks the N orth A merican and gl obal trends . P erhaps this has something to do with the rel ative social pe ace here, compa red with the U nited S tates or U .K . currentl y .

N ext comes a monster: P ipe l ines, resources, cl imate. I l ump these together because the L iberal s have done so. Their emerging qui d- pr o- quo is for mode st, nation- wide carbon- reduc tion, l ed by the most popul ous pr ovinces, in exc hange for l iqui d natural gas de vel opm ent in B ritish C ol umbia and more bitumen pipeline capacity to the Pacific. The strategy is far from assured; in fact there’ s a good chance it wil l fail . I t is neverthel ess more ambitious, and has more hope of success, than anyt hing the C onservatives tried on pi pe l ines in a de cade .

R el atedl y , there’ s trade . The L iberal s have broached new trade tal ks with C hina – which, given the l atter’ s enormous pr oj ected l ong- term appe tite for energy , is necessary for this country’ s future pr ospe rity , al beit difficult. They’ve bided their time on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, ahead of a Nov. 8

U .S . el ection that wil l de termine if TP P has any hope at al l of surviving.

A nd the L iberal s are tryi ng — compl ete with some 1 1t h- hour dr ama F rida y , courtesy of I nternational Trade M inister C hrys tia F reel and — to secure E urope ’ s signature on the H arpe r government’ s C anada - E urope free trade de al , over the obj ections of tiny W al l onia. I t is not obvious what any other government of any pa rty , given the choices on offer last year, would be doing differently now, i n the same circumstances.

Last and not least, there’s tone; an effort to show courtesy to oppone nts, pol iticians of rival pa rties, and the institutions of de mocracy , none of which was the rul e in the l ast ye ars of S tephe n H arpe r’ s tenure.

We can say now it’s obvious the PM, his staff and ministers shoul d aspi re to routine courtesy . I t wasn’ t obvious until it became obvious. That began about a ye ar ago.

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Remembrance of the great martyrs of Karbala @ Masjid Anwaar e Madina

O n O ct 2, M asj id A nwaar e M adi na organiz ed a very spi ritual pr ogram in the remembrance of the great martyr s of K arbal a and the great and high status of the grands on of the hol y pr ophe t ,s al l al l ahu al aihe wa S al l am , saiyyi duna I maam H ussein radi al l ahu ta’ al a anhu.

The program started off with an excellent recitation of Quran by Hafiz Farouk Yaqub , fol l owed by a few naats and manqa bats , in combination with zikr mehfil .

Then after I sha , maul ana S aiya d I mroz D ean S aify , who hol ds pe rmission and spi ritual authority in naqs hbandi , qa dr i , chisti , and soharwardi , de l ivered a very informative , spi ritual and factual spe ech in U rdu regardi ng the events of K arbal a and the reasons behind it. I maam H ussein fought to save and honour I sl am against the tyr anny of Y az eed a nd hi s stands .

M aul ana I mroz mostl y focused at the theme of Shahdat (sacrifice)of Imaam Hussein’s.

O n O ctober 1 3 , by D awat e I sl ami C entre S urrey , B C hel d Y aad e- e- S hohad a- e- K arbal a p rogram at F aiz an- e- M ad ina S urrey to remember the great sacrifice of Hazrat Imam-eH ussain ( A S ) and his comp anions in K arbal a.

The p rogram was wel l attend ed by M usl im community .

P rogram started with Til awat- e- Q uran- P ak by S al man A sfaq . A hand ful of l ocal naat K hawans incl ud ing B rother B r A amir A ttari and A hmad A ttari p resented “ K al am” remembering H az rat I mam- e- H ussain ( A S ) .

B rother A bid A ttari was the k ey note sp eak er and he d el ivered sp eech on the H az art I mame- H ussain and his comp anions and the imp ortance of remembering al l those who gave ultimate sacrifice of their lives for Deen-e-Isl am. H e briefed about the waq ae K arbal a and about the l ife of H az rat I mam- e- H ussain. H is sp eech main focused on the H ol y P rop het of I sl am’ s D eep L ove toward s I mam H asaan and H ussain ( R .A .)

O ne of the most beautiful and d eep asp ects of the l ife of I mam H ussain ( A .S .) , is the great and ex cessive attention that P rop het M uham-

mad ( S .A .W ) showed toward s him and his el der brother Imam Hassan (A.S.). The affection of the P rop het ( S .A .W .) toward s I mam H assan and I mam H ussein ( A .S .) was so obvious, that historians and narrators have record ed many different instances of this affection. Br. A bid p ointed out onl y a few of those incid ents of P rop het( saw) l ove , care d uring p erformed H is p ray er and d el ivered F rid ay S ermon and how P rop het M uhammad ( S .A .W p l ay ed with his grand k id s. This k ind of l ove and attention toward I mam H assan ( A .S .) and H ussain ( A .S .) is not j ust a famil y l ove, rather it is bey ond that. S imil ar narrations l ik e the ones above al l show that with the k nowl ed ge of what wil l come up on the M usl im community , the P rop het ( S .A .W .) wanted to mak e p eop l e aware of truth and fal sehood . B r A bid A ttari req uested , that tod ay its need of al l p arents to l ove their chil d ren and grand chil d ren and bring them cl oser to y ou with l ove and p rovid e friend l y atmosp here, try to und erstand them and sol ve their p robl ems. A t the end B r.

A shfaq A ttari mad e a heartfel t D ua for al l and the p rogram was concl ud ed with the d inner.

H e al so said that H z t I smaeil , H z t A yub, H z t M oses ( A .S ) and many others M essengers made D uaa for water from A l l ah ( swt) , and A l l ah accept ed their D uaa and given water, if H z t I mam H ussain de mande d water for himsel f and for his famil y then whynot A l l ah accept I mam H ussain D uaa. B ut H is wil l ing was onl y S hahada t and H e fought and made the greatest sacrifice for the sake of D een that we have toda y .

H e mentioned the impor tance of having

l ove and respe ct of the A hl e B ayt from the Q uran and H adi ths . I t is manda tory upon al l M usl ims to have l ove and respe ct for the famil y of the hol y pr ophe t, namel y the pr ophe t , H az rat A l i, H az rat F atima, I maam H assan and I maam H ussein ( R .A ) The program finished with Salaat o Salaam and D uaa made by B r. A l i A sghar ,e veryone l eft after having a de l icious di nner and de ssert

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KASHMIR

Kashmir and Palestine: The story of two occupations

The growing pockets of solidarity say that the savage respons e of the I ndi an expressed for Kashmiris are heartening, state to the popul ar crowd supp ort for the as is the solidarity for Palestinian struggle. sl ain mil itant was unpr ecede nted. by:Goldie Osuri The p el l et gun, a weap on banned in many he I ndi a and I srael al l iance has been countries, was used to bl ind and maim hunde scribed as a ful l - bl own romance, d red s from a one- y ear- ol d chil d to the el d erl y . but the ongoing siege of K ashmir The de ad numbered more than 10, and makes this a bloody affair - covert for years. 6,0 or more were inj ured. These numbers I nd ia has bought arms from I srael since continue to rise. Y et, K ashmiris continue to the 1 9 6 0 s. I nd ian P rime M inister N arend ra pr otest against the I ndi an state and cal l for M od i is to visit I srael in 2 0 1 7 , mark ing the A z adi ( freedom ) .

2 5 th anniversary of ful l d ip l omatic rel ations. Occupation and occupiers The two nations are pa ssionate about their brutal occupa tions of K ashmir and P al estine. I ndi a is one of I srael ’ s biggest arms ex por ts cl ients, spe ndi ng about $10bn over the pa st de cade . I ndi an pol ice forces have been receiving training in I srael for “ anti- terror” ope rations, which I srael i conduc ts against P al estinians.

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W riting in the M iddl e E ast R eview of I nternational Affairs in 2004, Harsh Pant, professor of international rel ations at K ing’ s C ol l ege L ondon, frames the sel f- de termination struggl es in K ashmir and P al estine within a pos t- 9/ 1 1 narrative of the “ gl obal scourge of I sl amist terrorism” .

These current events must be p l aced in a l ongThis terror frame suppor ts the economy of er contex t. S ince the 1 9 9 0 s, through a d ecad e arms trade between I ndi a, I srael and the of armed struggl e against the I nd ian state, U nited S tates. I n this story , the aggressive state viol ence in K ashmir has tak en its tol l . rel igious national isms of Z ionism and H in- There are about 50, mil itary pe rsonnel dut va are neutral shared security interests. in the region - in other words , one sol di er K ashmiri and P al estinian que sts for sel f- for 25 civil ians. The J ammu and K ashmir de termination are reduc ed to neighbouring C oal ition of C ivil S ociety repor ts more than M usl im or A rab states causing unrest.

70, ki l l ings, about 10, enforced di sThe current siege of K ashmir by I ndi a’ s appe arances and 7,0 m ass graves ( P D F ) . forces fol l ows the ki l l ing of H iz bul M uj a- Torture, rape , sexua l viol ence, enforced di shide en commande r B urhan W ani on J ul y 8. appe arances, and ex tra- j udi cial ki l l ings are W e l ive in a time when nation- states overt- wide spr ead. These human rights viol ations l y commit war crimes, are cheered on by are intricatel y l inke d to the de nial of pol itibl oodt hirsty maj oritarian citiz ens, and l iter- cal sovereignty f or K ashmiris. al l y ge t away w ith murde r.

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mark the creation of the nation- states of I ndi a and I srael . These ye ars scar K ashmiris and P al estinians.

P al estinians have been di spos sessed of territory and many forced into ex il e. K ashmir was hande d over from an unpopul ar rul er without the l egitimacy of popul ar vote to the I ndi an state on O ctober 26, 1947.

A cond ition of that accession is the U nited N ations resol ution of 1 9 4 8 for referend um or p l ebiscite, never facil itated by the I nd ian state. I srael and I nd ia thus inaugurate the col onial occup ations of P al estine and K ashmir.

Uneven scale of atrocities W hen is an occupa tion not an occupa tion?

W hen it is exe cuted by one of the worl d’ s l argest marke ts? W hen is a butcher not a butcher? W hen he is a pr ime minister; or when he is an al l y?

L et’ s not forget that M odi was de nied a visa to the U S in 205 for his al l eged respons ibil ity over the mass murde r of M usl ims dur ing the G uj arat riots. H is nickn ame, the “ B utcher of G uj arat” , comes from that 20 event.

H e can now add the titl e of the “ B utcher of Kashmir” to his name - even as that title fits pr evious I ndi an pr ime ministers.

OPINION: Two centuries of oppression in Kashmir I srael i P rime M inister B enj amin N etanya hu, l ike his pr ede cessors, can be named the “ B utcher of P al estinians” as he pr eside d over the brutal bombing of G az a in 2014 that ki l l ed 2,10 P al estinians, a third of them chil dr en.

The I srael i de ad l isted 6 sol di ers and seven civil ians. This uneven scal e l ed the U N I nqui ry of G az a to l ay the weight of the charge of war crimes on I srael even as they al so charged l isted P al estinian armed gr oups .

The U S was the sol e vote against the

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ab U N inqui ry , and E urope an countries abstained, as di d I ndi a. The G az a bombing was not the first and it is not the last as the viol ence of occupa tion continues in P al estine da il y in the form of il l egal settl ements and ki l l ings.

Greater need for solidarity W e l ive in a time when nation- states overtl y commit war crimes, are cheered on by bl oodt hirsty maj oritarian citiz ens, and l iteral l y ge t away w ith murde r.

The word de mocracy gl itters l ike fool ’ s gol d on the tongues of worl d l eade rs. H uman rights regimes seem toothl ess in the face of the bol d barbarisms of nation- states invested in repr essing de mocracy , and need reform if they a re to de l iver j ustice.

A nd so transnational sol ida rity and activism are urgent when al most every nation- state seems rogue.

The smal l but growing p ock ets of sol id arity ex p ressed for K ashmiris are heartening, as is the international sol id arity for P al estinian struggl e.

J oining the dot s between the occupa tions of K ashmir and P al estine shows the need for a greater sol ida rity between these two sovereignty s truggl es.

Goldie Osuri is associate professor of sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of Religious Freedom in India: Sovereignty and (Anti) Conversion.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial policy.

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POLITICS

Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI)BC chapter get together at Madina Restaurant

On Ocober 23, A group of local pakistan Tehreek insaf (PTI)activists got together at Al-Madinah Restaurant on Sunday afternoon to express solidarity with PTI and Imran Khan’s call for Islamabad lock down.

They voiced their support for Imran Khan’s fight against corruption and expressed their

belief that PTI’s struggle was not to derail democracy, instead was to fight the menace of rampant corruption in the country. It is very important that those involved in massive corruption while holding the helm of power in Pakistan must be made accountable.

Panama leaks have proved that the Sharief ’s

have stashed away billions of dollars in foreign off shore companies and other assets.

The fact that the whole of Sharief ’s family has given diffrent statements from each other on the acqusition of their overseas properties is a further proof that they are lying.

Local PTI activitists also collected funds to

By:amber Rahim Shamsi “ I F [ my sup p orters] are stop p ed , there wil l be fighting. If the police stop them there will be d estruction and if as a resul t of this a martial l aw is imp osed , then that is the government’ s faul t.”

These are word s that I mran K han sp ok e j ust two d ay s before l aunching the 1 2 6 - d ay d harna ( sit- in) in A ugust 2 0 1 4 .

S ound famil iar? They shoul d , because there is a sense of d é j à vu to the l ooming l ock d own of I sl amabad p romised by the P TI and trusty sid ek ick S heik h R ashid .

Two y ears ago, frustrated by the sl uggish p rogress on d ecisions on rigging al l egations in four constituencies, I mran d ecid ed to tak e to the streets. Two y ears ago, j ust before the P TI and P A T marched into I sl amabad , P rime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered a last-ditch S up reme C ourt commission to d etermine whether there were irregul arities in the 2 0 1 3 el ections.. Two y ears ago, the I sl amabad grap evine was buz z ing with tal k of a rift between the mil itary and the civil ian government. Two y ears ago, the P M L - N was as abrasive and intransigent. Two y ears ago, l aw and constitution did not offer instant answers.

I t is hard to p red ict how “ D harna V ersion 2 .0 : L ock d own” wil l p l ay out, but it is useful to recap the outcome of V ersion 1 .0 .

E l ection rigging and reforms U l timatel y , I mran K han cl imbed d own from several of the more outrageous al l egations and d emand s: “ G o N awaz G o” became a metap hor for getting rid of a faul ty el ectoral sy stem or sham p arl iament, d ep end ing on what sp in y ou want to buy ; col l usion between former C hief J ustice I ftik har C haud hry and G eo TV to engineer a P M L - N victory became a wil d accusation; the j ud icial commission ex amining the rigging al l egations concl ud ed the 2 0 1 3 el ections were not sy stematical l y manip ul ated , an outcome accep ted by I mran K han.

A nd l est it be forgotten, “ the 3 5 p unctures” became hearsay — rep eated so often it acq uired the p atina of truth.

O r, as the P TI chief ad mitted to an anchor in an interview l ater, “ p ol itical tal k ” .

B ut that d oesn’ t mean the P M L - N got away scot- free either. O f the four constituencies where I mran had said there were grave irregul arities, here is what hap p ened : The el ection tribunal on D efence M inister K hawaj a A sif’ s seat ( N A - 1 1 0 ) d ismissed the ap p eal by P TI ’ s U sman D ar, who then took it to the S up reme C ourt. L ast heard , the court was d isp l eased over ad j ournment motions filed by Khawaja Asif’s counsel. Meanwhile N ad ra tol d the court it coul d not verify over 1 4 , 0 0 0 votes in 2 6 p ol l ing stations.

I n D ecember l ast y ear J ehangir Tareen won the by - el ection in N A - 1 5 4 in L od hran. I nd ep end ent cand id ate S id d iq B al och — who first contested as an independent and then joined the PML-N — was disqualified and barred because of a fak e d egree by the el ection tribunal . Tareen’ s p etition had cl aimed el ectoral anomal ies as wel l , but coul d not p rove them.

S p eak er A y az S ad iq ’ s N A - 1 2 2 el ection was d ecl ared inval id , but he then went on to win the by - el ection in O ctober l ast y ear.

F inal l y , what of N A - 1 2 5 L ahore, where R ail way Minister Saad Rafique defeated PTI’s H amid K han? The el ection tribunal ord ered by - el ections after irregul arities were found in seven p ol l ing stations. B ut in the end S aad Rafique won the day in the Supreme Court, which susp end ed the tribunal ’ s d ecision. H is l awy er was abl e to successful l y argue that he shoul d not be p unished for the sins of the returning officers.

S o far, the story has been rel ativel y ex citing, and , best of al l , tel egenic to boot. B ut what of the y awn- ind ucing toil of reforming the el ection p rocess? The p arl iamentary committee on el ectoral reforms was p ut together j ust about a month before the 2 0 1 4 sit- in.

The committee is head ed by F inance M inister I shaq D ar and incl ud es members from across- the- p arty sp ectrum. I t has met over 6 0 times and cl aims it is “ cl ose to formul ating recommend ations” . B ut P il d at’ s A hmed B il al M ehboob tol d D awn, “ S ome ground work has been d one: meetings with the E l ection C ommission, the p ossibil ities of el ectronic voting machines and voting op tions for over-

seas P ak istanis have al l been d iscussed , but they have not tabl ed their rep ort.”

H e went on to say the committee need s to tabl e a p ack age of l aws before both houses of p arl iament very , very soon. “ A s the nex t el ections ap p roach, it wil l be hard er to buil d consensus because the p arties wil l be in el ectioneering mod e.” I t coul d be argued that they al read y are.

A l though it is hard to p ut a timel ine on when this p ack age of l aws wil l see the l ight of d ay , M r M ehboob say s: “ H ad they been tabl ed soon after the 2 0 1 4 p rotest, it woul d ’ ve been easier to forge a consensus.” B ut al l this is history two y ears d own the road .

The chop p y waters of P anama W hil e the P TI ap p ears to have an inconsistent record in p ushing for change in the el ectoral sy stem — d ep end ing on what can be sex ed up and sol d to its sup p orters — corrup tion has been a stead y ral l y ing cry , esp ecial l y if it is even vaguel y l ink ed to the S harifs.

The P anama l eak s p rovid ed I mran K han with a fresh cause d u j our to twist the screws on P rime M inister N awaz S harif. S ome anal y sts say six months d own the road , momentum ap p ears to have been l ost, d ue in l arge p art to

integrity a nd uni ty of our country .

‘Killing’ opposing voices, a wrong policy. A da ngerous misconcept ion is growing in the minds of the officials of our military troops and security forces that if anybody raises a voice against the pr evail ing sys tem in K ashmir, he or she shoul d be ki l l ed to supp ress the sep aratists movement, but it is an entirel y w rong pol icy t o pur sue.

To my unde rstandi ng, there is no such thing called as ‘separatists’ movement’. It is actual l y a revol ution of every common man of K ashmir, where a man of 80 to a chil d of six raises the slogans of ‘freedom and azadi’.

W e shoul d accept the fact that for the l ast 70 ye ars we were committing serious and de l iberate mistake s which were al ways against the K ashmiri pe opl e.

N o de mocracy , j ust massacres B efore the da y you became the pr ime minister, none of the pr evious governments assured K ashmiris that K ashmir is a pa rt of I ndi a l ike other states are.

A n entire generation that was born in 1952 has not seen a singl e da y of de mocracy and has never expe rienced what de mocracy is al l about.They have j ust seen army , pa ramil itary forces, bul l ets, guns, de ad bodi es, mass graveya rds , di sappe ared pe opl e, torture and mass rape s.

P eopl e in K ashmir wonde r why they don’ t de serve a normal l ife as the pe opl e of other states in I ndi a l ive and enj oy de mocracy .

W il l they carry on their l ives in fear of guns, bul l ets, pe l l ets, a nd da y- to- da y m assacres?

L iving l ike sl aves

K ashmiris bel ieve that a pr ope r government doe s not rul e the state, but is control l ed by onl y few bureaucrats sitting in D el hi, intel l igence bureau or army .

They feel they are j ust l iving l ike sl aves who get the food but don ’ t have the right to l ive.

This is an eye - ope ner that the money which gets al l otted for K ashmir never reaches the pe opl e. P anchay ats do not receive any money , ne ither doe s any ot her organisation.

M od ij i y ou cel ebrated D iwal i amongst K ashmir and promised that since it’s affected by the flood, crores of money [in the form of a p ack age] wil l be given to K ashmir, but it was never received by the common p eop l e there.

W in their hearts M odi j i, you are a master in winning the hearts of pe opl e. Y ou shoul d appl y same magic in

send for this call. We remain optomestic that this struggle will bring about a New Pakistan that would reflect the vision of Iqbal and Qaid e Azam, Inshallah.

At the end Duaa made for the solidarity of Pakistan and all Muslim Ummah.,

Analysis: From dharna to lockdown, the more things change... the P M L - N ’ s obstinacy and d awd l ing. Timing, after al l , matters in p ol itics.

A s for the investigations into what money was l aund ered , through which channel s, into what offshore companies, tax experts say that despite the absence of specific laws, an aggressive investigation is p ossibl e. O rganisations l ik e N A B , F I A , S tate B ank , S E C P and F B R too have shrugged shoul d ers when ask ed by the K hurshid S hah- l ed P ubl ic A ccounts C ommittee about starting investigations.

That l eaves the E l ection C ommission, and more crucial l y , the S up reme C ourt. O n N ovember 1 — a d ay before the l ock d own — the p rime minister’ s attorney is set to ap p ear before court. “ H e coul d argue that the S up reme C ourt d oes not have the j urisd iction, that because it’ s a p ol itical issue it ought to be d ecid ed by p arl iament, ” S up reme C ourt B ar A ssociation P resid ent A l i Z afar tol d D awn about the p rime minister’ s p ossibl e d efence. “ O r that there is no l aw und er which an inq uiry commission coul d be formed .”

I n other word s, there are a few l egal hurd l es to j ump over. B ut, M r Z afar say s, whatever the S C eventual l y rul es, it cannot d isq ual ify the p rime minister. “ U ntil there is a trial and evid ence p rovid ed to p rove corrup tion, the S C d oes not have the j urisd iction.”

I mran K han ap p ears to be in no mood for a cl imbd own j ust y et. I nd eed , even as the nation mourned the attack s on the p ol ice training college in Quetta, he flipped blame on to N awaz S harif, cal l ing him the biggest security risk, reaffirming that the lockdown woul d go ahead as p l anned .

N ot to be l eft behind in this game of p ol iticsover- sense, D efence M inister K hawaj a A sif ask ed whether I mran K han’ s “ attack on I sl amabad ” is “ accid ental l y ” coord inated with Indian firing at the LoC and Working Boundary , as wel l as the Q uetta and P eshawar assaul ts mastermind ed from A fghanistan.

This is getting ugl ier.

M eanwhil e, the P P P is waiting d ark l y in the wings, either as med iator or benefactor. B ut that too hap p ened two y ears ago.

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‘Dear Modiji, the people of Kashmir are not with us’ Continued from page 2 K

ashmir al so.

Y ou actual l y , shoul d take up the immed iate resp onsibil ity to rel ieve pe opl e of K ashmir who are in immense pain, distress, tears and sufferings.

Y ou shoul d free them from the treatment of pr ej udi ce and hel p them from freeing themsel ves from a fearful and mercil ess l ives they ha ve spe nd s ince l ast 70 ye ars.

A ssure them that they al so have a respe ctful and dignified life.

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Migraines linked to bacteria in mouth

eople who suffer from migraines have long complained that certain foods trigger the severe headaches. New research suggests the culprit might be the amount of bacteria in the mouth.

Researchers found that the mouths of people who suffer from migraines harboured significantly more of the microbes that break down nitrates found in certain foods.

These bacteria play an important role in processing nitrates so they can then be converted into nitric oxide in the bloodstream, which widens blood vessels and improves circulation.

While this process is helpful for cardiovascular health, the findings suggest an abundance of these bacteria may break down nitrates more quickly, causing blood vessels in the brain and scalp to dilate, triggering migraines.

Nitrates are naturally found in a variety of leafy green vegetables, and they are added to processed meat as a preservative and to improve flavour and colour.

An abundance of bacteria in the mouth may break down nitrates more quickly, causing migraines. (Media for Medical UIG Getty) Doctors have been telling people who suffer from migraines to avoid processed foods for years. Dr. Michael Zitney, who leads the Headache Pain Relief Centre in Toronto, says this research strengthens their case.

“We have long since known that these kinds of foods can trigger migraines, but we haven’t really known how,” he says.Link to cardiovascular research.

The process of how nitrates break down into nitric oxide is well-studied in cardiovascular health.

Nitrate-containing drugs are prescribed to treat chest pain or congestive heart failure.

But roughly four out of five cardiac patients who take the drugs report severe headaches as a side-effect.

The study’s authors hope these findings will help link existing cardiovascular research with migraines.

“It opens a full area of research and connects two areas of research that have not

been connected before,” says the study’s lead author, Antonio Gonzalez, from the University of California San Diego.

Data collected from ‘citizen scientists’ This study was based on data from the American Gut Project, which crowd sources oral and fecal samples from so-called “citizen scientists.”

Researchers sequenced bacteria found in 172 oral samples and 1,996 fecal samples.

They found that the nitrate-reducing microbes were slightly more abundant in the fecal samples of people who suffer from migraines, but significantly more abundant in their oral samples.

Chronic migraines are frequent, severe, pulsating headaches accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound.

They last anywhere from a few hours to several days.

It’s estimated that eight per cent of Canadians have been diagnosed with migraines, although this likely underestimates their prevalence, as some people who suffer from

migraines don’t seek professional help.

The study’s authors say they still need to determine whether the bacteria are a cause or a result of migraines, or are indirectly linked in some other way.

For now, Zitney says, the research suggests that some migraines could one day be treated by controlling the bacteria in our mouths.

“This may be just a glimmer of hope in terms of pursuing possible treatments,” he says.

The study was published earlier this week in mSystems, the online journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

Source: cbc .ca

eeping a healthy weight is a worth worth-while goal at any age. As you get older, it can get trickier.

You might not be burning calories like you did when you were younger, but you can still take off extra pounds.

The golden rules of weight loss still apply: Burn more calories than you eat or drink.

Eat more veggies, fruits, whole grains, fish,

beans, and low-fat or fat-free dairy; and keep meat and poultry lean.

Limit empty calories, like sugars and foods with little or no nutritional value.

Avoid fad diets because the results don’t last last.

There are some other things you need to do if you’re over 60 and want to lose weight.

1. Stay Strong You lose muscle mass as you age. Offset that by doing strength training. You can use weight machines at a gym, lighter weights you hold in your hands, or your own body weight for resistance like in yoga or Pilates.

Keeping your muscle mass is key to burning more calories, says Joanna Li, RD, a nutritionist at Foodtrainers in New York.

2. E at M or e P r ot e in Because you’re at risk for losing muscle mass, make sure your diet includes about one gram of protein to every kilogram (2.2 pounds) of body weight. “Protein also keeps you full for longer, so that helps with weight loss efforts,” Li says. She recommends wild salmon, whole eggs, organic whey protein powder, and grass-fed beef.

3. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate Drink plenty of water. Sometimes, thirst masks itself as hunger. As you get older, you may not be as quick to notice when you’re thirsty, Li says. She says you should get 64 ounces of water a day. You can drink it or get part of it from foods that are naturally

rich in water, such as cucumbers and tomatoes. If you’re not sure if you’re getting enough water, check your urine: It should be pale yellow.

4. Outsmart Your Metabolism Eat more small meals and snacks, and don’t go much longer than 3 hours without eating.

“Because your metabolism is already slow, if you’re starving yourself, it just gets slower,” Li says. You may need fewer calories than you did when you were younger. Ask your doctor or a registered dietitian about that. “If you’re eating the same way you did when you were 25, you’re definitely going to be gaining,” Li says.

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How Islamophobia Hurts Muslim Women the Most?

By Sirin Kale Zainab Chaudry knows more about Islamophobia than most. As the spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chaudry advocates for mutual understanding between Muslim-Americans and the rest of the country. But like many other hijab-wearing Muslim women living in Western countries today, Chaudry is still subject to Islamophobic abuse.

“Recently I was in a grocery store parking lot and a guy swore at me and said, ‘You’re not welcome here, go back to where you came from.’ And it’s funny, because I was born in Maryland. I am American. So I told him, ‘I am home.’ But there’s this sense, nowadays, that some people in our society don’t want to accept Muslims can be Americans too.

Those two aspects of our identity are seen as mutually exclusive. If you’re a Muslim, then you can’t also be American.”

2015 was the year that the twin spectres of religious extremism and Islamophobia threatened the cohesiveness of societies across the West. Both forces are connected.

As the Islamic State wreaks havoc across the globe, with mass terror attacks in Paris, Tunisia, and Beirut, Islamophobia rises sharply in response. Meanwhile, inflammatory comments from Republican front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz further fan the flames of anti-Muslim hatred.

Islamophobic attacks are at an all-time high.

In London, the Metropolitan Police reported a 47 percent increase in the first ten months of 2015. In the USA, CAIR recorded over 70 attacks on mosques in 2015, the highest number yet. And in the week after the Paris terror attacks, British organisation Tell MAMA, which monitors Islamophobic abuse, recorded 115 new cases alone. “We’re overwhelmed by the scale of the problem we’re dealing with,” founder Fiyaz Mughal tells me.

Increasingly, Muslim women are bearing the brunt of the hate. Recent incidents on Muslim women have seen them pushed in front of incoming trains; punched and kicked off buses; and attacked whilst collecting their

children from school. And it’s Muslim women who wear the hijab most at risk. “ isible Muslim women encounter the most violence and harassment at a street level,” Mughal explains. “There’s a definite gender issue here at work when it comes to antiMuslim hate.” He says that 80 percent of the attacks after Paris were on women, and that the reasons for this are partly practical.

“There’s a visibility factor. It’s easy to identify Muslim women who dress in Islamic dress. And also there’s the fact that they are less likely to fight back.”

Fatima , 24, moved to the USA when she was a teenager and currently lives in Washington DC. She hasn’t always worn the hijab, but noticed that when she did, people “would keep certain boundaries. It’s not necessarily negative, but they definitely treat hijabis differently.” She experienced her first instance of Islamophobic abuse on a public bus last year, after over a decade living in the States.

“I sat in front of a woman who grew tense and moved seats away from me. I noticed her changing seats, but didn’t think anything of it until I caught on she was being abusive. She started cursing out loud and saying ‘we’ were ‘devils’ and ‘spawns of Satan’ and something like that.”

The abuse continued for about ten minutes until Fatima’s abuser got off at her stop.

“As she walked past me I smiled at her and wished her a good evening, to which she responded, ‘Fuck you,’ and got off the bus.”

Fatima’s first response in this instance was to laugh at her attacker. “Honestly I found it ludicrous, because I can’t fathom how a person who knows nothing about me has the capacity to call me names. But if it gets physical and threatening, I would obviously react very differently. I feel things are getting worse generally, which puts me on high alert because I know, as a hijabi, I can be a target.”

In Mughal’s view, Islamophobic attacks on women point towards deeper structures of gender inequality in our society. “There’s something innate in their gender which

makes men want to attack them. Because women are the central point of reproduction, of keeping Islamic communities alive and going. In our experience, the fundamental element of Islamophobia is male-on-female violence and abuse.”

Chaudry agrees Muslim women are more vulnerable. “In one case, a pregnant Muslim woman was pushing a cart in a grocery store in California and a man rammed the cart into her belly.” Fear is spreading in Muslim-American communities. “There’s heightened anxiety amongst Muslim women who wear the hijab. I’ve had parents calling me saying they want their daughters to take off their headscarves at school because they fear for their safety.”

Even when discrimination doesn’t cross over into violence, Muslim women are still treated differently. “People assume, because I wear a hijab, that I don’t speak English,” Chaudry adds. “They speak to me so slowly, and when I respond they go, ‘Wow you speak perfect English ’ I try to engage these people in dialogue, to explain to them just because I’m Muslim and I wear a headscarf doesn’t mean I can’t speak English. I’m not that different from them really, I like Star Wars and do many of the same things ordinary Americans do.”

Islamophobic attitudes towards women often include a sexual component. “We often see sexualized language used towards Muslim women in street harassment,” Mughal confirms. “It’s used to demean them, because they’re perceived to be very religious.

Muslim women also experience sexist trolling online, particularly when they’re active on social media.”

I ask Mughal about the profile of the typical offender. “White, male, aged 15 to 35.

What’s interesting is that when we speak to perpetrators they say they’d never normally attack a woman. But they feel like they can target Muslim women, because they didn’t see them as female. They’ve dehumanized them so much that they can’t see their identity in a gendered way anymore. The only

thing they see is that they are Muslim.”

The misogyny that underpins much contemporary Islamophobia troubles Mughal deeply. “What I’ve learnt through my work with Tell MAMA is how Islamophobia can’t be separated from wider gender issues.

“There is something in our society affecting a wide group of men. These are men who go home to their wives, and say, ‘I love you, we’re equals,’ but they go out on the street and opportunistically attack Muslim women.

He [the attacker might think he’s a good guy, but you scratch that surface, and underneath it is the beating heart of a deeply machismo individual who thinks it’s okay to target Muslim women. And that’s the problem. However much of an inclusive society you think we are, there’s a real chauvinistic streak underpinning it all.”

Depressingly, Islamophobia plays into the hands of ISIS and other extremist groups who seek to radicalize moderate Muslims. “[Islamophobic violence is triggered by what’s happening internationally, like Paris, but also nationally and even regionally,” eI ask Chaudry whether she thinks things will improve in 2016. “I wish I could say I’m optimistic, but the current climate of anti-Muslim hostility is the worst I’ve ever seen, even including right after 9 11, and I don’t see it improving.” She highlights how Islamophobia tends to spike around US election cycles.

“We have so many months to go until [the presidential elections in November, and we know how GOP candidates have a tendency to throw Muslims under the bus to boost their poll rankings.”

One shard of light does cut through the fear and hostility. “We have started to see a more pronounced pushback from our inter-faith allies. More people are coming forward and saying Islamophobia is not acceptable.

And hopefully these voices will be given the microphone more to shift the narrative away from intolerance. To say that this is not America. This is not who we are. We must stand united.”

Courtesy: https://broadly.vice.com

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My True Friend

By: Shabnam Khan - Family Counsellor A friend is defined as a person you know well and regard with affection, trust and respect. As you get older, some of your friendships will start to change, and some may grow deeper. You might also begin to know many more people, although not all of them will be your close friends.

Chances are, you will also start to spend more time with your friends and maybe talk on the phone more. Changes in relationships are natural but not always easy. Making and keeping friends can be particularly tough if you are shy or unsure of yourself. The best way to make new friends is to be involved in activities and in the community.

Another way to make friends is to be friendly and helpful to other people. Talk to them, get to know them, and find out if you have something in common with them. Peer pressure can play a major role in friendships. If someone is vulnerable to peer pressure, the relationship is not balanced.

Remember that you have the right and duty to stand up for what you believe is right. Express yourself with your friends. You have the freedom to say “no” if you disagree.

If you are scared of losing a friendship by

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True friends listen to and respect each other’s opinions. Standing up for yourself may cause tension in a friendship, but it is OK as long as you have the skills to handle the situation. Remember to communicate your ideas while respecting your friend’s opinion. By mutually supporting each other, whether or not you agree, your friendship will be more stable.

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It is very nice, appreciated but still the final result is not good. We have lots of problems, lots of things happening which we cannot do anything about, despite of our good intentions and hard work. We always wonder why?? How come?? I did so well then why is this happening.

We Need to Go Little Extra Mile When we have children we love then, provide than with lots of things even if we cannot afford, we do lots of sacrifices in our life, our life revolves around them good but we need one eye with love and one with strict matters of fact way.

Give Then Golden Morsels but with an Eye of Lion This is a very good saying in the practical sense. Love is blind rightly said our love for our children we over look so many warning signals .when it starts its easy to control o eliminate any wrong thought or action, but if its allowed to go on it becomes a tree out of a sead. There is a wise saying that “ a disease And an enemy should be dealt and solved as soon as it occurs. “ Don’t treat your child like a wild flower : groom and keep an eye on them Once i went to a function. The children were playing with their own toys. One very small child started crying for the toy which was some other childs. That particular child was almost double the age of that small child , he refused to share his toy ...the younger one hardly 3 years old started crying loudly and went behind the toy more..... the elder one now even pushed him . the mother of elder one did not even once told her son to share the toy, or try to assure him that please let the child play , you will get your toy back, absolutely nothing...she

just watched the other mother trying in vain to deal with crying child. Everybody noticed and looked at the mother of elder child. She has facial expressions as if saying that my child will cry if i take away his toy , why should i ask him to give his toy... and she murmured also something like that.

If you saw thorns don’t expect wheat The child on his own does not understand the rightful good behaviour or moral duties. It is his mothers duty to teach him good qualities , some values which will make him learn and share, patience when he would interact with his other siblings, family members , cousins . The mother had golden opportunity to mould her child, teach him practically the art of living with others. This same mother may wonder after few years why is her son does not care about her even though she loved him so much. No point crying over spilled milk.

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LIFESTYLE

From the pen of the Founding Editor of ‘The Miracle.

Excerpt from the book

‘The Last Salute’

Blast at Ohjri Camp.

S tinger missil es from the A fghan M uj ahd een.

The U S A aud it team coul d n’ t have d iscovered if there was a theft that Z ia wanted to hid e. H e successful l y hid from A mericans the p resence of a nucl ear bomb in P ak istan.

M any p ol itical anal y sts bel ieved the government of M ohammed K han J unej o was d isband ed by Z ia- ul - H aq because he insisted on mak ing the rep ort p ubl ic. I nterestingl y , none of the two investigation rep orts became p ubl ic even l ater d uring the time of two civil regimes of B enaz ir B hutto and N awaz S harif.

I was an Air Traffic Controller at Chaklala Air B ase d uring 1 9 8 4 - 1 9 8 5 and 1 9 8 7 - 1 9 8 8 . W e often received d uring the l ate night hours, an A merican C - 1 4 1 strategic S tarl ifter, l arge j et d esigned to carry a huge amount of freight.

Those flights always parked close to the Murree road end of the ol d second ary runway . A l engthy caravan of civil hired truck s l ined up cl ose to the aircraft and carried the ammunition off-loaded from the aircraft. The Pakistan army strictl y sup ervised the transfer and the truck s were d isp atched one by one without d rawing concerned attention. The truck s offloaded their luggage into the well guarded comp ound of the O hj ri C amp .

C ontinuous sp ray ing of missil es from the dump stopped within a few hours of the first big bl ast. H owever, an occasional vol canic erup tion of p roj ectil es continued for the nex t few d ay s. I remember control l ing from C hak l al a tower, a l ow- l evel mission of M irage aircraft flown over the area of the blast. Infrared cameras fitted in the Mirage aircraft revealed the p revail ing hot temp erature bel ow the ground . The G overnment of P ak istan contacted different companies in the United States that L ord V ishnu, the P reserver ( one of the main gods of the H indu trinity) sent the de mon K ing B al i to rul e the nether worl d.

I n al l interpr etations, one common thread rings true—t he festival marks the victory of good ove r evil .

N on- H indu communities have other reasons for cel ebrating the hol ida y: •In Jainism, it marks the nirvana or spiritual awak ening of L ord M ahavira on O ctober 1 5 , 5 2 7 B .C .

•In Sikhism it marks the day that Guru H argobind J i, the S ixt h S ikh G uru was freed from impr isonment.

•Five Days of Diwali •On the first day of Diwali, people consider it auspi cious to spr ing cl ean the home and shop f or gol d or ki tchen utensil s.

•On the second day, people decorate their homes with cl ay l amps and create de sign patterns called rangoli on the floor using col ored pow de rs or sand.

Nusrat with Major General Bilal and F rance for the cl eanup op eration. I t had turned into a sl eep ing inferno because of the hot temp erature in the und erground storage of the d ep ot. U S and F rench ex p erts d emand ed high p ay ments and an estimated p eriod of minimum six months.

G eneral Z ia- ul - H aq turned to M aj or G eneral J aved N asir from the E ngineers C orp s. H e then head ed the J oint I ntel l igence Technical ( J I T) , a d ep artment resp onsibl e for the counter- p rol iferation and p romotion of science and technol ogy in the mil itary . G eneral J aved was famous for being an honest rel igious man with his l ong white beard . H e cl eared the d ump by setting a p ersonal ex amp l e of carry ing the d angerous ammunition with his bare hands. The dump was cleared within fifteen d ay s without a singl e casual ty .

M y high school cl ass mate B il al , then a M aj or in the P ak istan army served the I S I from his office inside the Ohjri camp. Twenty eight y ears after the bl ast, at the time of writing this book , I cal l ed B il al in P ak istan to refresh our memories about the bl ast. H e cand id l y tal k ed about the bl ast. B il al was attend ing Staff College at Quetta when the blast took p l ace, but he bel ieved it to be an act of sabotage cond ucted by someone with the hel p of an insid er. The A mericans had started buy ing back the S tinger missil es toward s the end of the R ussian occup ation in A fghanistan. I n B il al ’ s op inion some hostil e intel l igence agency which d id n’ t want these weap ons to be used by the P ak istan A rmy or by the M uj ahed een in the future, got the j ob d one with the hel p of some faction of the A fghan Tal iban. B il al retired from the army after rising to the p restigious rank of M aj or G eneral .

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Sqn. Ldr. Nusrat Hussain (R) nh.guid ingstar@ gmail .com hj ri C amp is an ammunition d ep ot of the P ak istan A rmy control l ed by the I nter S ervices I ntel l igence ( I S I ) l ocated cl ose to F aiz abad on the M urree road of R awal p ind i. S uch a bl ast had never been heard before in the twin cities of R awal p ind iI sl amabad . The bound ary wal l of the O hj ri camp was al so visibl e from the d oubl e road p assing by the R awal p ind i C rick et stad ium.

On 10th April 1988, about fifteen minutes p rior to the bl ast, I p assed through the same d oubl e road after p erforming night d uty at A ir Traffic Control tower Chaklala. I was on my way to home in G - 9 / 3 sector of I sl amabad .

The bl ast occurred as I casual l y sat on the d ining tabl e and waited for my wife to p rep are breakfast. The first blast was of a big magnitud e. I t shook the earth bel ow my feet. S til l in my A ir F orce uniform of a F l ight L ieutenant, I ran outsid e the home and noticed a huge bl ack mushroom cl oud of smok e rising in the sk y from R awal p ind i d irection.

The blast followed a whistling noise of flying missil es and p roj ectil es fal l ing in al l d irections. S ome of these p roj ectil es fel l on the M argal l a hil l s of I sl amabad and l it smal l fires at many spots in the surrounding mountains. W e l ater came to k now the ex p l osion had k il l ed more than a hund red and inj ured over a thousand p eop l e. M r. K haq an A bbasi, a retired A ir C ommod ore of the A ir F orce and then a fed eral minister, al so d ied when a missil e hit his car. H is son, who was al so travel ing with him in the car, remained in a coma for seventeen y ears before l eaving for the eternal abod e.

The bl ast had occurred at the ammunition d ep ot of O hj ri camp . The d ep ot incl ud ed S tinger anti- aircraft missil es, antitank missil es and l ong- range mortars. The p resid ent of Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq, at first called the explosion ‘an extraordinary accident,’ but l ater cal l ed it an act of sabotage.

A rep ort by M ichael G ord on p ubl ished one week after the bl ast in the N ew Y ork Times

referred to C entral I ntel l igence A gency ( C I A ) ex p erts who bel ieved the p ossibil ity of an accid ent. H owever, the D efense d ep artment of the U S A consid ered it an act of sabotage and p ointed to a simil ar p attern of attack s against mil itary setup s by the agents of the K abul regime. The S tate d ep artment of the U S A termed it l ik el y an accid ent or sabotage.

S ome other contrad ictory comments about the bl ast ap p eared in the P ak istani p ress. O ne suggested the bl ast occurred when a truck bearing an A fghani l icense p l ate entered the comp ound and ex p l od ed . A nother thought the bl ast might have been triggered when a P ak istani sol d ier d rop p ed a white p hosp horus shell in the storage filled with the Stinger antiaircraft missil es.

M r. M ohammed K han J unej o, then p rime minister of P ak istan, ap p ointed two committees to investigate the d ebacl e: F irst, a mil itary committee formed und er G eneral I mranul l ah K han. S econd , a p arl iamentary committee head ed by the veteran p ol itician, A sl am K hattak .

Some unconfirmed reports stated General I mranul l ah K han hel d G eneral A k htar A bd ul R ehamn resp onsibl e for the d ebacl e. B ut, G eneral Z ia- ul - H aq k ep t it und er wrap s, saving any harm to his rel ative and then D irector G eneral of the I S I . The investigation by A sl am K hattak d id not bl ame any one and d ecl ared it a sad accid ent.

F ormer fed eral minister B egum K ul soom S aiful l ah, a veteran p ol itician, p ubl ished her urdu book ‘Meri Tanha Pervaaz’ meaning ‘My S ol o F l ight.’ S he wrote in her book of starting work as fed eral minister the same d ay the O hj ri C amp traged y occurred . S he bel ieved some S tinger missil es tak en from the d ep ot were given to I ran. S he was al so convinced that G eneral Z ia- U l - H aq had ord ered the d ep ot bl own up to avoid the U S A aud it team d ue for insp ection. H owever, her cl aims remained unfound ed and d id not mak e a serious imp act at any rep utabl e investigating agency . They l ack ed basic l ogical sense. Different news sources rep orted that I ran had bought the

DIWALI !

day of the new financial year.

I ndi ans cel ebrate with famil y gatherings, glittering clay lamps, festive fireworks, strings of electric lights, bonfires, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship to L aks hmi.

S ome bel ieve that L aks hmi wande rs the E arth l ooki ng for homes where she wil l be wel comed. P eopl e ope n their door s and window s and l ight l amps to invite L aks hmi in.

O ver the centuries, D iwal i has become a national festival that is enj oye d by most I ndi ans regardl ess of faith: H indus , J ains, B ud dhi sts, a nd S ikhs .

H indus interpr et the D iwal i story based upon w here they l ive: •In northern India they celebrate the story of K ing R ama’ s return to A y od hy a after he d efeated R avana by l ighting rows of cl ay l amp s.

•Southern India celebrates it as the day that L ord K rishna d efeated the d emon N arak asura.

•In western India the festival marks the day

iwal i, or D ipa wal i, is I ndi a’ s biggest and most impo rtant hol ida y of the ye ar. The festival gets its name from the row ( aval i) of cl ay l amp s ( d eep a) that I nd ians l ight outsid e their homes to sy mbol iz e the inner l ight that p rotects us from sp iritual d ark ness. This festival is as imp ortant to H ind us as the C hristmas hol id ay is to C hristians.

D iwal i, cel ebrated in O ctober or N ovember each ye ar, originated as a harvest festival that marke d the l ast harvest of the ye ar before winter. I ndi a was an agricul tural society where pe opl e woul d seek the di vine bl essing of L aks hmi, t he godde ss of weal th, as they cl osed their accounting books and prayed for success at the outset of a new financial ye ar. Toda y this pr actice ext end s to businesses al l over the I ndi an subcontinent, which mark the day after Diwali as the first

•The third d ay is the main d ay of the festival when famil ies gather together for L ak shmi p uj a, a p ray er to G od d ess L ak shmi fol l owed by mouth-watering feasts and firework festivities.

•The fourth day is the first day of the new ye ar when friends and rel atives visit with gifts and be st wishes for the season.

•On the last day of Diwali, brothers visit their married sisters who wel come them with l ove and a l avish meal . http: / / ki ds .national geographi c.com/

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PAKISTAN SPECIAL

Steps against corruption remained futile in Pakistan’s history

Martial Law of General Ayub Khan 1958

house arrest. Shortly afterward he was para- family members. lyzed by a stroke and, after his release, played Benazir Bhutto’s second time dismissed In November 1996, President Farooq Leghan October 7, 1958, President Is- no further important political role ri had dismissed Benazir Bhutto’s second kander Mirza abrogated the Con- “Two Men, One Grave” — The stitution and declared Martial Law Execution of Pakistan’s Ali Bhutto government on charges of corruption and in the country. This was the first of many What goes around: the movement against Bhutto other offenses. He promulgated the Ehtesab military regimes to Pakistan’s history. With Between March and June 1977, Z.A. Bhutto (accountability) Ordinance, under which this step, the Constitution of 1956 was ab- had to face a protest movement against his the process of accountability was to start rogated, ministers were dismissed, Central government the kind he had himself trig- from the date in 1985 when General Ziaul and Provincial Assemblies were dissolved gered and then led 10 years earlier against Haq had lifted the Martial Law. Nawaz Sharif second time and all political activities were banned. Gen- the Ayub Khan regime.

After a month of violence, Bhutto invited PM(1997-99), eral Muhammad Ayub Khan, the then Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, be- the PNA for talks. The PNA demanded fresh Following the 1997 general elections, Nawaz came the Chief Martial Law Administrator. elections and the implementation of Sha- Sharif came into power for the second time The parliamentary system in Pakistan came riah Laws. To stall the first demand, Bhutto and enacted the Ehtesab Act of 1997. Under to end. Within three weeks of assuming agreed to conditionally implement the sec- this law, he curtailed the powers of Ehtesab charge on October 27, 1958, Iskander Mirza ond request and in April 1977 he ordered the Commissioner, Justice Mirza, and had apwas ousted by General Ayub Khan, who then closure of all nightclubs and bars. He also pointed his friend, Saifur Rahman, to call the declared himself President. This was actually banned the sale of alcohol (to Muslims) and shots. The Ehtesab Cell was later renamed as welcomed in Pakistan, since the nation had replaced Sunday with the Muslim holy day the Ehtesab Bureau in 1998. The Ehtesab Buexperienced a very unstable political climate (Friday) as the weekly holiday. PNA decided reau had only targeted former Prime Ministo stay in the talks. More than a decade later, ter Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali since independence.

General Ayub Khan gave himself the rank of veteran Jamat-i-Islami (JI) leader, late Pro- Zardari, though a few leading businessmen Field Marshal. Corruption had become so fessor Ghafoor Ahmed, who played a leading of Karachi and senior journalists were also widespread within the national and civic sys- role in the movement, told journalists that “fixed”. During Nawaz Sharif ’s three-year rule tems of administration that Ayub Khan was the talks went well and just when Bhutto had (1997-99), the only major case adjudicated by welcomed as a national hero by the people. agreed to hold fresh elections, General Ziaul the courts was the 1999 conviction of Benazir Soon after coming to power, the new mili- Haq decided to impose the country’s third and Zardari on charges of money laundering. tary government promised that they would Martial Law (July 1977). He said that most The duo was sentenced to five years in prison carry out reforms in the entire government PNA leaders were happy at how the talks and fined US $8.6 million. The PPP chairstructure and would cleanse the administra- had gone but some leaders, such as Asghar person was abroad at the time of the decition of the rampant corruption. A thorough Khan (of the moderate conservative, Ther- sion and her counsel filed an appeal against screening process of all government serv- eek-i-Istaqlal) and Begum Wali (wife of the the decision before the Supreme Court.

Musharraf fumbles … ants was conducted and service records were left-wing Pushtun nationalist, Wali Khan), then falls 1999- 2008 closely scrutinized. Public servants were desired military intervention. Zulfikar Ali tried for misconduct by tribunals consisting Bhutto, founder of Pakistan People’s Party In October 12, 1999. General Parvez Mushof retired judges of the Supreme Court or (PPP), served as president of Pakistan in the arraf pulled-off a popular military coup High Court. If charges were proven, discipli- 1970s. By 1977, opposition against Bhutto against the second government of Nawaz nary action such as dismissal or compulsory and the PPP had grown due to incidents of Sharif (PML-N) in 1999. Just like Ayub, retirement of the public servant could take repression, corruption, and alleged election Musharraf too came to power and received fraud. Violence escalated across Pakistan, and a hearty round of applause from a populace place. http://notesforpakistan.

What were the main reasons for the Bhutto was overthrown by his army chief, exhausted by the economic downturns, corGeneral Zia-ul-Haq. Bhutto was put on trial ruption and chaos of the 1990s in which the downfall of Ayub Khan? (1969) Zufiqar Ali Bhutto exploited the Tashkent for authorizing the murder of a political op- country’s two main political parties, the PPP and PML-N, constantly pulled the carpet declaration to turn the public opinion against ponent, and executed on April 4, 1979, under each other’s feet and at the same time General Zia-ul-Haq. 19771988 Ayub. The increasing popularity of Awami League under Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman in General Ziaul Haq came out repealing the wore themselves out by combating political East Pakistan and Pakistan Peoples Party earlier anti-corruption laws and issued two intrigues whipped up by remnants of the Zia under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in West Pakistan presidential orders, commonly known as era in the ‘establishment.’

General Musharraf had assumed power and was alarming for the stability of General PPO No 16 and 17 (1977).

Ayub’s Regime. Then there was also Asghar Critics still argue that the Zia regime had issued the “seemingly fearsome” National Khan’s movement and few other political basically institutionalised corruption as it Accountability Bureau Ordinance by replacalliances which were creating hurdles for a introduced ideas such as development funds ing the Ehtesab Act of 1997. NAB was given stable Ayub’s government. Finally, the move- for MNAs and MPAs and wrote off the bank sweeping powers. It could arrest anyone for ment against his government intensified loans taken by the supporters and loyalists of 90 days without producing the arrested person in any court of law. The accused could towards the end of 1968 and in the begin- the military ruler. ning of 1969. The movement was launched Aug. 17— President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq not apply for bail even after 90 days. Howby Urban middle class i.e. Students, lawyers, of Pakistan and the United States Ambassador ever, following Premier Shaukat Aziz’s interteachers, doctors, labourers, politicians etc. to his country were killed today when a Paki- vention, General Musharraf ’s NAB had let It became quite difficult for General Ayub to stani Air Force plane exploded in midair and many people off the hook. face so much opposition from politicians as crashed in eastern Pakistan.. nytimes.com/ And then in October 2007, General Pervez Benazir Bhutto 1990-92 Musharraf had promulgated his infamous well as common people from all walks of life.

He ultimately decided to resign in March In 1990, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), 1969. In his last radio address to the nation ousted from power on corruption charges which had granted amnesty to politicians, on 25 March 1969, he said, “I cannot pre- by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who had political workers and bureaucrats who were side over the destruction of my country”. approved hiring of private legal advisers to accused of corruption, money laundering, file about 20 corruption cases against Bhutto murders and terrorism etc between Januwww.vusr.net/stan & historypak.com/ Yahya Khan succeeded Ayub Khan and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, during ary 1, 1986 and October 12, 1999, the time between two Martial Law stints in Pakistan. as president when the latter resigned his of- 1990-92. fice in March 1969. In 1971 a serious conflict Nawaz Sharif dethroned from power in 1990 The NRO was declared unconstitutional by erupted between the central government It is interesting to note that when Ghulam the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Decemand the Awami Party of what was then East Ishaq Khan had dethroned Prime Minister ber 16, 2009, but not before it had benefitPakistan, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Nawaz Sharif from power in 1990, he had in- ted 8,041 allegedly tainted people, including The East Pakistani leader demanded autono- ducted Asif Zardari as a federal minister in the 34 politicians and three ambassadors. Then my for his half of the geographically divided caretaker government of Balkh Sher Mazari. in late 2006 Musharraf casually dismissed a country, and Yahya Khan responded by or- After the 1993 elections, when Benazir controversial and ambitious Supreme Court dering the army to suppress the Awami Par- Bhutto was sworn in as country’s premier judge, Iftikhar Chaudhry. The TV channels ty. The brutality with which his orders were for the second time, she had vehemently ac- gave a sensationalist twist to the episode carried out and the resulting influx of mil- cused the Sharifs of receiving kickbacks in and drummed-up a narrative that explained lions of East Pakistani refugees into India led the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway and Yel- Chaudhry as deifying ‘the illegitimate orders to the Indian invasion of East Pakistan and low Cab Scheme, besides alleging her arch of a dictator.’ the rout of its West Pakistani occupiers. East political rival of extracting huge loans from Lawyers poured out on the streets of Lahore Pakistan became the independent country nationalised banks to build the House of It- and Islamabad and demanded that Chaudhry of Bangladesh, and with its loss Yahya Khan tefaq and also benefitting from a Rs18 billion be restored. As the protests of the lawyers grew louder, they now also demanded that Cooperative scam in Punjab. resigned (Dec. 20, 1971).

He was replaced by his foreign minister, A total of 150 cases of corruption and irregu- Musharraf resign and fresh elections held.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who put him under larities were instituted against Nawaz and his

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President Asif Ali Zardari 2008-2013

Between 2008 and 2013, or the time when the Asif Zardari-led PPP had held sway in corridors of power, the already-politicised NAB was ordered to closed down the corruption inquiries against almost 60 leaders of the ruling coalition – mostly from the PPP. The decision was taken at the Executive Board meeting of the NAB on January 29, 2011.

If a few people, including top bureaucrats or federal ministers, were arrested during the 2008-2013 PPP tenure, it was primarily due to the suo moto notices of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry-led Supreme Court. It was at this point that the Lawyers’ Movement that had been initially started by progressive groups of lawyers began its shift to the right as parties like PML-N and JI began to dominate it. It was also believed that PML-N had begun to bankroll the movement. The movement’s greatest presence was felt in urban Punjab and the NWFP. It was almost nowhere in Sindh and not at all in the province’s capital, Karachi. This was the first major protest movement ever since 1968 and 1977 in which Punjab participated wholeheartedly. The province had largely remained quiet during the movements against Zia and many of Musharraf ’s supporters in Sindh and Karachi suggested that Punjab only rises against non-Punjabi rulers.

And not different has been the situation since May 2013, when Nawaz Sharif had bagged the popular vote to rule the country for the third time. One hardly finds any conviction and will of the ruling PML-N to make the corrupt stand in the dock---political expediencies perhaps! :dawn.com

‘Panama Papers’ reveal Sharif family’s ‘offshore holdings’

A massive leak of secret files from a Panamanian law firm that specialises in offshore tax havens has revealed the often-murky financial wheelings and dealings of some of the world’s most powerful political players, such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the king of Saudi Arabia, Iceland’s prime minister and the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, among dozens of others.

PTI announces November 2 as new date for Islamabad protest

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf announced Monday that the new date for its much talked about Islamabad sit-in is November 2.

Senior leaders of party met in the capital today to decide a new date for the party’s planned siege of Islamabad, which was earlier scheduled for October 30.

‘Panama Papers’ leaks case: Pakistan Supreme Court issues notice to PM Nawaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on issued notice to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members in the ‘ Panama Papers’ leaks case, acting on petitions seeking his disqualification over alleged corruption and illegally possessing assets abroad.

The court heard several petitions, including

by Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which accused Sharif and his family members of illegally transferring money abroad after the ‘Panama Papers’ leaks showed his family of possessing properties in the UK. In addition to Sharif, the court also issued notices his daughter Maryam, sons Hasan and Hussain, son-in-law Muhammad Safdar, finance minister Ishaq Dar, director general Federal Investigation Agency, chairman Federal Board of Revenue, and the attorney general.

The three-judge SC bench, consisting of Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, adjourned the case for two weeks after initial hearing. Sources: Different websites LET’S SEE NEXT after Nov 2.......

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British Columbia Mainland Cricket League (BCMCL) 2016 Season Award presentation ceremony

By: Inamul Desai, President (BCMCL) P reside nt I namul D esai ope ned pr oceedi ngs with a warm wel come to guests and fol l owed up with thanks to al l vol unteers that hel pe d organiz ing the season and the awards night. I t was great turnout with over 350 pl aye rs attende d this event with their friends and famil ies to cel ebrate and recognise the achievements and accompl ishments of p l ay ers and t eams for 2016 s eason.

I t was a grand gal a event on O ctober 15t h the S aturda y night at C rys tal B anque t H al l with great F riends and F amil y atmosphe re.

I t was a treat to both eye s with col orful events and to mouth with pl enty of food to stimulate appetite. Evening was filled with many entertainments incl udi ng A croF ire team pe rformance, S inging and D ancing from the l ocal tal ents & pl aye rs and k ids .

There were l ots of gifts and pr iz es given.

P roud spons ors of the pr iz es are P unj ab Travel , U nited C ol ors of C anada and M r.

A mj ad B aj wa from S utton. S ome of the R affle prizes includes English Willow Cricket bats, Tape B al l B ats, K ooka burra T- S hirt, H at, and P l enty of G ift C ards and to top it al l a M ega pr iz e of Trip to L as V egas for 2 pe opl e, s p onsored by P unj ab Travel s.

Total of 8 1 teams pa rticipa ted in the very successful 2016 season which started in M arch and ende d in S ept ember. A l ong with R egul ar season, B C M C L al so organiz ed P re- S eason T20 , L egends M emorial T10 C ricke t Tournament, C l ubs S ix A S ide , M iri- P iri W eekda y T20, I ntercontinental S ix A side , and were pa rt of K ids P l ay ( J unior S ix A S ide tournament) , B C B ig B ash, W estern T20 ( hosted by C ricke t B C ) and W omens W estern C anadi an C hampi onship.

B C M C L season started in M arch with P reseason T20, and 1s t D ivision was won by P akC an 1 team and 2nd D ivision was won

by P akC an 2 Team. M id- week T20 was won

by S hivraj 1 1 ( R unner- up : N ewton S abers) ,

I nter- C ontinental S ix- a- S ide tournament was won by Team P aki stan and R unners- up were Team I ndi a, a nd T10 w as won by S urrey U nited.

O ne of the many highl ights of 2016 season is the introduc tion of K anga C ricke t for j uniors. I t was shared by both S urrey S tars and M aster B l aster C C and the S hiel d W inners was M aster B l aster C C . There was a huge turnout of K ids and J unior this ye ar al ong with their pa rents dur ing the A wards N ight pr esentation.

S al im A kba r C C won the 2016 L eague C hampi on trophy and they beat R ichmond C ricke t cl ub in E l ite D ivision C hampi onship game. C osmos C C won R egul ar season Trophy f or E l ite D ivision 2016 s eason.

W est V ancouver C ricke t C l ub won the P remier D ivision S hiel d Trophy and M eral oma won the C hampi ons Trophy . M eral oma C ricke t C l ub earned wel l de served spot for E l ite di vision for 2017 s eason.

S urrey U nited 1 won the 1s t di vision Regular season and shield finals by beating Kelowna Kamloops CC in finals. Lions C ricke t C l ub won the 2nd di vision regul ar season trophy and N ewton S urrey won the 2nd division shield finals trophy. Abbotsford C ricke t C l ubs won 3r d di vision regul ar season and shield finals trophy by beating Burrard Cricket Club in finals. PakCan Cricket C l ub W on 4t h di vision regul ar season and Ind Can Cricket Club won the shield finals trophy . K ing C ricke t C l ub won the 5t h di vision regular season and shield finals trophy . S urrey S tars won the 6t h di vision regul ar season Trophy and W est C oast Tamil s S por ts C l ub won the S hiel d F inal trophy .

S urrey U nited C ricke t C l ub won the 7t h di vision R egul ar S eason Trophy and S hiel d F inal Trophy .

Congratulations to all the 2016 winners!!

Have a safe off season and see you in 2017!!!!

Yasir six-for delivers series victory for Pakistan B owl ing nearl y unchanged from the start of the da y’ s pl ay , Y asir S hah pr oduc ed a l egspin masterclass on a flat, slow fifth-day pi tch to bowl P aki stan to a 13run win in A bu D habi. There was no al arming turn avail abl e to Y asir, and hardl y any instances of uncertain bounce; he had to dr aw on al l his stamina, ski l l and intel l igence to pi ck up his eighth five-wicket haul and second tenwicke t match haul in 18 Tests. Y asir bowl ed 21 of Pakistan’s 46 overs on day five as they bowl ed W est I ndi es out for 32, chasing an impr obabl e 456, an hour and 15 minutes after l unch. Y asir took al l three wick ets that fel l in the morning session, teasing out R oston C hase in the tenth over of the morning and using the second new bal l to dismiss Jermaine Blackwood, who fell five short of a hundr ed, and J ason H ol de r. S hai H ope and D evendr a B ishoo made P aki stan wait with an eighth- wicke t stand of 45, before Yasir and Zulfiqar Babar took out the l ast three wicke ts in the spa ce of four overs.

West Indies began the fifth day with Blackwood and C hase at the crease. The pa ir had been the overnight batsmen when they dr ew the J amaica Test against I ndi a in A ugust. I t

took until the tenth over of the da y for Y asir to break their pa rtnership, which adde d 63 runs in 26.4 overs. C hase onl y scored 20, but served a vital function by resisting Y asir, facing 54 of the 80 bal l s he de l ivered dur ing the course of the stand. U nl ike his team- mates, he sel dom wavered from the pa th of de fence, exc ept on the rare occasion when Y asir l ost his l ength, such as when he pul l ed him for four l ate on the fourth evening. Y asir pl ugged away on a good l ength, but ke pt varyi ng his l ines to C hase. O ne instance of this came in the fourth over of the morning, when he floated one up outside off after sendi ng dow n a series of bal l s around l eg stump. C hase had ke pt his front pa d resol utel y out of the way whil e de fendi ng the l eg- stump bal l s. N ow, he fail ed to get his front foot across to dr ive, and sl iced the bal l uppi shl y towards backw ard poi nt. I n his next over, C hase l eft two bal l s on a simil ar line wide of off. Then, finally, Yasir found the perfect line, pitching on off and middle, forcing C hase to pl ay , and the pe rfect pa ce, slow enough to make him reach out, to find his edge . B y the 18t h over of the morning the 80t h of W est I ndi es’ innings - Y asir was

into his 26t h straight over since the fourth evening, and seemed to be tiring, serving up a l ong- hop that B l ackw ood pul l ed for four. B ut M isbah- ul - H aq k ept him on, even though he took the second new bal l as soon as it was due , and stuck with him even after an expensive first over with it, when S hai H ope put him away for two authoritative boundaries through the off side. Yasir rewarde d M isbah’ s faith, getting the bal l to ski d on as B l ack wood came forward to de fend, l ook ing for turn, and brushed his pa ds before cl attering the stumps . B l ackw ood, who had l ived on the edge on the fourth da y , had l ooke d far more assured on the fifth morning, not trying anything extravagant but put ting away the smal l est l aps e in l ength, such as when he dr ove S ohail K han twice to the cover boundary in the first over with the new bal l . Then, in the pe nul timate over of the session, the tend ency for the new ball to skid brought Yasir his fifth wicket.

H ol de r, going on to the back foot to work him through the l eg side , coul dn’ t bring his bat dow n qui ck enough. H e hesitated too l ong before de cidi ng to review umpi re R ichard I l l ingworth’ s l bw de cision, which was

j ust as wel l because the bal l was pi tching in l ine and had straightened j ust enough to hit a good chunk of l eg stump. H ope pl aye d Y asir impr essivel y dur ing his innings of 41, his inside - out dr ives a standout feature, and it was Zulfiqar who eventually dismissed him. Looking to defend off the back foot, he was undone by one that turned more than expe cted, and Y ounis K han fel l to his l eft to take a sharp l ow catch. Y asir then grabbed his six th, bowl ing the l eft- hand ed M iguel C ummins when he p l ay ed insid e the l ine of a legbreak, before Zulfiqar wrapped up victory , sl owing it d own and getting D evend ra B ishoo to miscue a sl og- sweep to M isbah- ul H aq running from mid wick et to sq uare l eg.

Source: Cricinfo

The attack on the B al ochistan P ol ice C ol l ege, around 2 0 k il ometres east of Q uetta, began at around 1 1 : 1 0 p m M onday, with gunfire continuing to ring out at the site for several hours.M aj or G eneral S her A fgan, chief of the p aramil itary F C in B al ochistan, which l ed the counter- op eration, said “ the attack was over in around three hours after we arrived ” . “ The op eration need ed to be cond ucted with p recision therefore it took us four hours to cl ear the area comp l etel y .” “ There were three terrorists and al l of them were wearing suicid e vests, ” he said . “ Two suicid e attack ers bl ew themsel ves up , which resul ted in casual ties, whil e the third one was shot d ead by our troop s.”

H e ad d ed that the mil itants had been communicating with their hand l ers in A fghanistan. A fgan said communication intercep ts showed the attack ers bel onged to L J ’ s A l - A l imi faction, which is affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban P ak istan ( TTP ) . The group itsel f, however, has not cl aimed the attack .The

area was p l unged into d ark ness when a counter-offensive was launched, and security p ersonnel threw up a cord on whil e ambul ances z oomed in and out, tak ing the inj ured to hosp ital s. M il itary hel icop ters circl ed overhead . The cad ets were rescued from the col l ege fol l owing an op eration carried out by S p ecial S ervices G roup ( S S G ) command os.The training col l ege is situated on S ariab R oad , which is consid ered to be one of the most sensitive areas of Q uetta. M il itants have been targeting security forces in the area for al most a d ecad e.

The training col l ege has come und er attack in the p ast in 2 0 0 8 and 2 0 0 6 , with attackers firing rockets into the college p l ay ground . I t covers about an acre of l and l ocated about 1 3 k il ometres outsid e the main city of Q uetta.

‘Darkness hindered operation’ The attack ers entered the comp l ex through the front gate after shooting the guard manning the check p ost.

A senior l aw enforcement agency ’ s official said assailants had fired at the po-

lice training centre from five different p oints.

Two terrorists entered the p remises after shooting at the guard manning the check p ost near the front gate, whil e the third rep orted l y cl imbed the rear wal l of the p ol ice centre. “ Two attack ers entered through the front gate, ” S enior S up erintend ent P ol ice O p erations M ohammad I q bal had said earl ier.

I q bal said that the suicid e j ack et of one attack er was not d etonated and his bod y was l y ing at the centre p remises.

I nitial investigations showed the terrorists had entered the hostel , he said .

The S S P said that there had been troubl e d istinguishing friend from foe as it was d ark at the time.

‘The attackers were wearing shawls’ A n ey ewitness sp eak ing to rep orters after mak ing a narrow escap e said he saw three terrorists d irectl y enter the barracks. “They started firing. We saw them and started screaming. W e ran up stairs toward s an ex it.” H e d escribed the terror-

ists being covered in shawl s.

The barrack s and hostel bl ock s are situated d eep insid e the comp ound , mak ing it hard to hear any sound s of gunshots from the buil d ing.

‘Tried to break down our door’ A cad emy recruit recounts his ex p erience.

A sif H ussain, a recruit at the acad emy , tol d D awnN ews he was l y ing in bed and browsing F acebook on his cel l p hone when the attack began. “ W e’ d been tol d that if any thing l ik e this ever hap p ens, we shoul d hid e oursel ves und er our charp oy s and not show oursel ves.W hen the firing started, all of us lay down under our charpoys, turned off the lights and cl osed the d oor, he said . “ W e heard a l oud ex p l osion d ownstairs.

These p eop l e brok e d own the d oor and started shooting at them one by one. “ They tried to break d own our d oor, but were unabl e to. Then they started shooting our wind ows in. They coul d n’ t get in.” “ O nl y two boy s in our room were inj ured , ” he said .

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